Were Late Cretaceous extinctions of gastropods selective by generic longevity?
Many gastropod taxa went extinct during the Late Cretaceous. The stratigraphic ranges of 268 genera permit to establish the longevity of extinction victims for each stage of this epoch. “Young” taxa (originated within 3 epochs before the extinction) prevailed among victims of the extinctions in all...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Geoscience Frontiers |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987112000576 |