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Decoupled temporal patterns of evolution and ecology in two post-Paleozoic cladesCounts of taxonomic diversity are the prevailing standards for documenting large-scale patterns of evolution in the fossil record. However, the secular pattern of relative ecological importance between the bryozoan clades Cyclostomata and Cheilostomata is not reflected fully in compilations of generic diversity or within-fauna species richness, and the delayed ecological recovery of the Cheilostomata after the mass extinction at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary is missed entirely. These observations demonstrate that evolutionary success and ecological dominance can be decoupled and profoundly different, even over tens of millions of years.
Document ID
20040172600
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
McKinney, F. K.
(Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608-2067, United States)
Lidgard, S.
Sepkoski, J. J. Jr
Taylor, P. D.
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
August 7, 1998
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 281
Issue: 5378
ISSN: 0036-8075
Subject Category
Geosciences (General)
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1963
CONTRACT_GRANT: DEB 9306729
CONTRACT_GRANT: EAR 9117289
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Non-NASA Center
NASA Discipline Exobiology

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