The completeness of the fossil record of plesiosaurs, marine reptiles from the Mesozoic [0.03%]
中生代海洋爬行动物蛇颈龙化石记录的完整性
Samuel L Tutin,Richard J Butler
Samuel L Tutin
Plesiosaurs were a highly successful group of marine reptiles occurring worldwide in the Jurassic and Cretaceous, but to date few studies have focused on their preservation through time. Here, we conduct the first detailed assessment of the...
Deep-water fossorial shrimps from the Oligocene Kiscell Clay of Hungary: Taxonomy and palaeoecology [0.03%]
匈牙利奥陶系凯斯尔粘土中的深水穴居虾：分类学和古生态学
Matúš Hyžný,Alfréd Dulai
Matúš Hyžný
We describe deep-water ghost shrimp assemblages from the otherwise well known Oligocene Kiscell Clay in Hungary. The described fossorial shrimps (Decapoda: Callianassidae and Ctenochelidae) include: Ctenocheles rupeliensis (younger synonym ...
Limits to randomness in paleobiologic models: the case of Phanerozoic species diversity [0.03%]
古生物模型中的随机性极限——以显生宙物种多样性为例
J J Sepkoski Jr
J J Sepkoski Jr
The question of how random, or unconstrained, paleobiologic models should be is examined with a case study: Signor's (1982, 1985) inverse calculation of levels of marine species diversity through the Phanerozoic. His calculation involved an...