Testing the effect of the rock record on diversity: A multidisciplinary approach to elucidating the generic richness of sauropodomorph dinosaurs through time

Biological Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-181

  Mannion, Philip D ^a   Upchurch, Paul ^a   Carrano, Matthew T ^b   Barrett, Paul M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dinosaurs; Diversity; Extinction; Macroevolution; Rarefaction; Residuals; Rock record; Sampling bias; Sauropodomorphs; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; THEROPODA;

EID: 78951482314     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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