The non-uniformity of fossil preservation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1699, 2016, Pages

  Holland, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clade origin; Confidence interval; Divergence times; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIVERGENCE; FACIES; FOSSIL RECORD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; TIME FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84975221936     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0130     Document Type: Review

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