Large-scale heterogeneity of the fossil record: Implications for phanerozoic biodiversity studies

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 356, Issue 1407, 2001, Pages 351-367

  Smith, A B ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Extinction; Fossil record; Origination; Sampling bias

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HETEROGENEITY; PHANEROZOIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035967033     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0768     Document Type: Article

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