The Generification of the Fossil Record

Paleobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 511-528

  Hendricks, Jonathan R ^a,b   Saupe, Erin E ^c   Myers, Corinne E ^d   Hermsen, Elizabeth J ^e   Allmon, Warren D ^b,f  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84926625365     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/13076     Document Type: Review

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