Resolution and limitations of faunal similarity indices of biogeographic data for testing predicted paleogeographic reconstructions and estimating intercontinental distances: A test case of modern and Cretaceous bivalves

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 265, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 255-261

  Schmachtenberg, William F ^a,b  

^a Science Department   (United States)

^b FERRUM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bivalvia; Cretaceous; Faunal similarity indices; Modern; Paleogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRETACEOUS; DIVERSITY INDEX; ESTIMATION METHOD; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION; TESTING METHOD;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 48149102474     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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