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Is the Periodicity of Extinctions a Taxonomic Artefact?: Comment and Reply
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Is the Periodicity of Extinctions a Taxonomic Artefact?: Comment and Reply

Colin Patterson, Andrew Smith and J Sepkoski
Nature (London), Vol.330(6145), pp.248-248
19 Nov 1987

Abstract

The validity of Sepkoski's study of the periodicity of extinctions is evaluated by Patterson and Smith. Earlier findings on this subject are refuted citing mistaken dating and secondhand data as reasons for insubstantiation. Sepkoski replies.

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