Ecological, taxonomic, and taphonomic components of the post-Paleozoic increase in sample-level species diversity of marine benthos

Paleobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 533-561

  Kowalewski, Michał ^a   Kiessling, Wolfgang ^b   Aberhan, Martin ^b   Fürsich, Franz T ^c   Scarponi, Daniele ^d   Barbour Wood, Susan L ^a   Hoffmeister, Alan P ^e  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BRACHIOPOD; DIAGENESIS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; JURASSIC; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PALEOZOIC; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33751569533     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/05074.1     Document Type: Article

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