Uncovering the diversification history of marine tetrapods: Ecology influences the effect of geological sampling biases

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 358, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 191-208

  Benson, Roger B J ^a   Butler, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MESOZOIC; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TETRAPOD; TRIASSIC;

EID: 84055211698     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP358.13     Document Type: Article

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