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Assessing the completeness of the fossil record: comparison of different methods applied to pararept...

Assessing the completeness of the fossil record: comparison of different methods applied to pararept...

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Assessing the completeness of the fossil record: comparison of different methods applied to parareptilian tetrapods (Vertebrata: Sauropsida)

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Assessing the completeness of the fossil record: comparison of different methods applied to parareptilian tetrapods (Vertebrata: Sauropsida)

Publisher

New York, USA: The Paleontological Society

Journal title

Paleobiology, 2016-11, Vol.42 (4), p.680-695

Language

English

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New York, USA: The Paleontological Society

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Contents

As paleontological studies are generally distorted by gaps and biases in the fossil record, it is important to assess its completeness. Here we address the fossil record of Parareptilia, a Permian–Triassic amniote clade, applying two measures of specimen completeness: the skeletal completeness metric (SCM) and the character completeness metric (CCM...

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Assessing the completeness of the fossil record: comparison of different methods applied to parareptilian tetrapods (Vertebrata: Sauropsida)

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1850768175

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1850768175

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ISSN

0094-8373

E-ISSN

1938-5331

DOI

10.1017/pab.2016.26

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