Patterns in bioclastic accumulation through the Phanerozoic: Changes in input or in destruction?

Shell beds in Ordovician-Silurian and Neogene shallow-marine records were surveyed as end-member periods for the Paleozoic and Modern Faunas of Sepkoski (1981), and these were compared with the Jurassic data set of Kidwell (1990). Reproductive and metabolic output has increased in benthic communitie...

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Published in:Geology (Boulder) 1994-12, Vol.22 (12), p.1139-1143
Main Authors: Kidwell, Susan M, Brenchley, Patrick J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fossils
Geology
Marine
Mollusca
Prehistoric era
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Summary:Shell beds in Ordovician-Silurian and Neogene shallow-marine records were surveyed as end-member periods for the Paleozoic and Modern Faunas of Sepkoski (1981), and these were compared with the Jurassic data set of Kidwell (1990). Reproductive and metabolic output has increased in benthic communities over time.
ISSN:0091-7613
1943-2682
DOI:10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<1139:PIBATT>2.3.CO;2