Journal article
An empirical assessment of taxic paleobiology
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.289(5476), pp.110-112
07/07/2000
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5476.110
PMID: 10884223
Abstract
The analysis of major changes in faunal diversity through time is a central theme of anatytical paleobiology. The most important sources of data are literature-based compilations of stratigraphic ranges of fossil taxa. The levels of error in these compilations and the possible effects of such error have often been discussed but never directly assessed. We compared our comprehensive database of trilobites to the equivatent portion of J. J. Sepkoski Jr.'s widely used global genus database. More than 70% of entries in the global database are inaccurate; however, as predicted, the error is randomly distributed and does not introduce bias.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An empirical assessment of taxic paleobiology
- Creators
- Jonathan M Adrain - University of IowaStephen R Westrop - University of Oklahoma
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.289(5476), pp.110-112
- Publisher
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- DOI
- 10.1126/science.289.5476.110
- PMID
- 10884223
- ISSN
- 0036-8075
- eISSN
- 1095-9203
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/07/2000
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984229293802771
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