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Fossil Record

Fossil Record is the aggregate of fossil occurrences and their stratigraphic and geochronological contexts in the Earth’s crust that documents the diversity, morphology, distribution, and temporal succession of past organisms, thereby providing the primary empirical basis for reconstructing evolutionary and paleoenvironmental history.

2.6K

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150.1K

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5.7K

Authors

1.5K

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2017–2026

271

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Fossil Record Analysis

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2.6K

Wonderful life: the Burgess Shale and the nature of history

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 3.1K citations

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Deposition models for chronological records

Christopher Bronk Ramsey · Quaternary Science Reviews · 2008 · 1.8K citations

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Nature and significance of the Early Cretaceous giant igneous event in eastern China

Fu‐Yuan Wu, James Lin, Simon A. Wilde et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2005 · 1.5K citations

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Evidence for life on Earth before 3,800 million years ago

S. J. Mojzsis, Gustaf Arrhenius, K. D. McKeegan et al. · Nature · 1996 · 1.3K citations

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Formation processes of the archaeological record

Martin Bell · Journal of Archaeological Science · 1989 · 1.1K citations

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Authors

5.7K

  1. MJ
    Michael J. Benton

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    40 publications · 3.5K citations

    28

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  2. MG
    Martin G. Lockley

    University of Colorado Denver, United States

    36 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. RH
    R.E.M. Hedges

    Oxford Archaeology, United Kingdom

    22 publications · 1.7K citations

    21

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  4. CB
    Christopher Bronk Ramsey

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    16 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. RA
    Rupert A. Housley

    Oxford Archaeology, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 1K citations

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Institutions

1.5K

  1. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    35 h-index

    107 publications

    13K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    33 h-index

    216 publications

    19.1K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    32 h-index

    151 publications

    5.9K citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    32 h-index

    93 publications

    7.7K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    32 h-index

    110 publications

    15.7K citations

  6. Oxford Archaeology

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    104 publications

    10.3K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    26 h-index

    49 publications

    4.5K citations

  8. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    26 h-index

    56 publications

    3.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Nature

    125 publications · 15.6K citations

    58

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  2. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

    126 publications · 6.9K citations

    52

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  3. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    73 publications · 6.9K citations

    45

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 53 publications · 8.8K citations

    33

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  5. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution)

    Repository · 78 publications · 2.6K citations

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