The effect of singletons and interval length on interpreting diversity trends from the palaeobotanical record

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cascales Miñana, Borja ^a   Diez, José Bienvenido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fossil record; Palaeofloristic pattern; Palaeontological data analysis; Plant evolution; Singleton taxa

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBOTANY; PALEONTOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANIMALIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84879138146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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