Tests and confidence intervals for a common upper endpoint in fossil taxa

Paleobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 406-410

  Solow, Andrew R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030431245     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300016353     Document Type: Article

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