Mesozoic marine fossil diversity and mass extinctions: An experience with the middle XIX century paleontological data

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 287-290

  Ruban, Dmitry A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Catastrophism; Completeness; Diversity; Fossil record; Mass extinctions; Mesozoic

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHE THEORY; DIVERSITY INDEX; MASS EXTINCTION; MESOZOIC;

EID: 28444450509     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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