Page 11 of 107 Palaeontology Angiolini et al. 1 1 2 3 THE GIANTS OF THE PHYLUM BRACHIOPODA: A MATTER OF DIET? 4 5 LUCIA ANGIOLINI1*, GAIA CRIPPA1, KAREM AZMY2, GIANCARLO CAPITANI3, 6 4 1 5 7 GIORGIA CONFALONIERI , GIOVANNA DELLA PORTA , ERIKA GRIESSHABER , 8 DAVID A.T. HARPER6, MELANIE J. LENG7,8, LEAH NOLAN9, MARCO ORLANDI3, 9 10 RENATO POSENATO10, WOLFGANG W. SCHMAHL5, VANESSA J. BANKS8, MICHAEL 11 12 H. STEPHENSON8 13 1 14 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "A. Desio", Via Mangiagalli 34, 20133, Milano, Italy; e- 15 mails:
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[email protected] 49 50 51 52 Abstract: The species of the brachiopod Gigantoproductus are giants within the 53 Palaeozoic sedentary benthos.