Changes in shell durability of common marine taxa through the Phanerozoic: Evidence for biological rather than taphonomic drivers

Paleobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-331

  Kosnik, Matthew A ^a,b   Alroy, John ^c   Behrensmeyer, Anna K ^a   Fürsich, Franz T ^d   Gastaldo, Robert A ^e   Kidwell, Susan M ^f   Kowalewski, Michał ^g   Plotnick, Roy E ^h   Rogers, Raymond R ⁱ   Wagner, Peter J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BRACHIOPOD; DATABASE; FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; HOLOCENE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PRESERVATION; SHELL; TAPHONOMY; TIMESCALE; TRIASSIC;

BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 79953080972     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/10022.1     Document Type: Article

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