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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Main Authors: Smith, AB, Lloyd, G, McGowan, A
פורמט: Journal article
שפה:English
יצא לאור: 2012