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Article: The shape of the Phanerozoic marine palaeodiversity curve: how much can be predicted from the sedimentary rock record of Western Europe?

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2007
Page(s): 765 – 774
Author(s): Andrew B. Smith and Alistair J. McGowan
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SMITH, A. B., MCGOWAN, A. J. 2007. The shape of the Phanerozoic marine palaeodiversity curve: how much can be predicted from the sedimentary rock record of Western Europe?. Palaeontology, 50, 4, 765–774.

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