Phanerozoic marine diversity: rock record modelling provides an independent test of large-scale trends.
Sampling bias created by a heterogeneous rock record can seriously distort estimates of marine diversity and makes a direct reading of the fossil record unreliable. Here we compare two independent estimates of Phanerozoic marine diversity that explicitly take account of variation in sampling-a subsa...
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פורמט: | Journal article |
שפה: | English |
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2012
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