Patterns of generic extinction in the fossil record

Paleobiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 1988, Pages 109-125

  Raup, David M ^a   Boyajian, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PHANEROZOIC; REEF GENERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TIME;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGY; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023823451     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: 19385331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300011866     Document Type: Article

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