Estimation of stratigraphic ranges when fossil finds are not randomly distributed

Paleobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-185

  Solow, Andrew R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD; INVERTEBRATE; STRATIGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

BRYOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; METRARABDOTOS;

EID: 0037862049     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300018042     Document Type: Article

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