Fossil Distribution Patterns

Fossil Distribution Patterns is a paleobiogeographic construct that denotes the spatial and temporal arrangement of fossil occurrences within the geological record as shaped by past organismal dispersal, environmental and tectonic configurations, and preservational biases.

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Paleobiogeography

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Biogeographic Range MappingClade Distribution PatternsCosmopolitan DistributionFloristic TurnoverFossil Range ExtensionsIsland Fossil BiogeographyLongitudinal Distribution PatternsMass Extinction DistributionOccurrence Data BiasPaleobiogeographic Correlation

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Gondwana dispersion and Asian accretion: Tectonic and palaeogeographic evolution of eastern Tethys

Ian Metcalfe · Journal of Asian Earth Sciences · 2013 · 2K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +17

The timing and spatiotemporal patterning of Neanderthal disappearance

Katerina Douka, Rachel Wood, Christopher Bronk Ramsey et al. · Nature · 2014 · 898 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Geography +10

Phanerozoic Trends in the Global Diversity of Marine Invertebrates

John Alroy, Martin Aberhan, David J. Bottjer et al. · Science · 2008 · 781 citations

Natural Sciences, Marine Biology, Paleontology +16

Gondwana from top to base in space and time

Trond H. Torsvik, L. Robin M. Cocks · Gondwana Research · 2013 · 631 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +10

Spatial Response of Mammals to Late Quaternary Environmental Fluctuations

Russell W. Graham, Ernest L. Lundelius, Mary Ann Graham et al. · Science · 1996 · 628 citations

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Richard J. Butler
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Michael J. Benton
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
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Paul M. Barrett
Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
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Steven M. Holland
University of Georgia, United States
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Martin G. Lockley
University of Colorado Denver, United States
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Paleobiology
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Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
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Palaios
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