Completeness of the fossil record and the validity of sampling proxies: A case study from the Triassic of England and Wales

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 291-300

  Dunhill, A M ^a   Benton, M J ^a   Newell, A J ^b   Twitchett, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGLAND AND WALES; FOSSIL RECORDS; PREFERENTIAL SAMPLINGS; REGIONAL SCALE; SAMPLING BIAS; TRIASSIC; TRIASSIC SYSTEMS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRIASSIC;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84875046906     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs2012-025     Document Type: Article

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