The fossil record of ichthyosaurs, completeness metrics and sampling biases

Palaeontology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 521-536

  Cleary, Terri J ^a,b   Moon, Benjamin C ^a   Dunhill, Alexander M ^c   Benton, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Completeness; Geological bias; Ichthyosauria; Sampling bias; Sampling metrics

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; REPTILE; SAMPLING BIAS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ICHTHYOSAURIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84928210915     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12158     Document Type: Article

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