Near-Stasis in the Long-Term Diversification of Mesozoic Tetrapods

How did evolution generate the extraordinary diversity of vertebrates on land? Zero species are known prior to ~380 million years ago, and more than 30,000 are present today. An expansionist model suggests this was achieved by large and unbounded increases, leading to substantially greater diversity...

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Published in:PLoS Biol
Main Authors: Benson, Roger B. J., Butler, Richard J., Alroy, John, Mannion, Philip D., Carrano, Matthew T., Lloyd, Graeme T.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4726655/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26807777
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002359
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