History of marine biodiversity

Geological Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 231-249

  Sheehan, Peter M ^a  

^a MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological evolutionary units; Evolutionary faunas; Incumbent taxa; Mass extinctions; Megaguilds; Phanerozoic; Stasis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS EXTINCTION; PHANEROZOIC;

EID: 0034774293     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.890     Document Type: Article

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