Within-and among-genus components of size evolution during mass extinction, recovery, and background intervals: A case study of Late Permian through Late Triassic foraminifera

Paleobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 627-643

  Rego, Brianna L ^a,d   Wang, Steve C ^b   Altiner, Demir ^c   Payne, Jonathan L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DATA SET; EXTINCTION RISK; FORAMINIFERA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84867054591     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/11040.1     Document Type: Article

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