Sequencing the graptoloid clade: Building a global diversity curve from local range charts, regional composites and global time-lines

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-343

  Sadler, Peter M ^a   Cooper, Roger A ^b   Melchin, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATABASE; DEVONIAN; GRAPHICAL METHOD; GRAPTOLITE; HIRNANTIAN; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STANDARDIZATION; TAXONOMY;

GRAPTOLOIDEA;

EID: 84855942352     PISSN: 00440604     EISSN: 20414811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/pygs.58.4.296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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