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Science 7 July 2000:
Vol. 289. no. 5476, pp. 110 - 112
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5476.110
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An Empirical Assessment of Taxic Paleobiology
Jonathan M. Adrain,
1*
and Stephen R. Westrop
2
The analysis of major changes in faunal diversity
through time is a central theme of analytical paleobiology. The most
important sources of data are literature-based compilations of
stratigraphic ranges of fossil taxa. The levels of error in these
compilations and the possible effects of such error have often been
discussed but never directly assessed. We compared our comprehensive
database of trilobites to the equivalent portion of J. J. Sepkoski
Jr.'s widely used global genus database. More than 70% of entries in the global database are inaccurate; however, as predicted, the error is
randomly distributed and does not introduce bias.
1 Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa,
Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
2 Oklahoma Museum of
Natural History and School of Geology and Geophysics, University of
Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA.
*
To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
jonathan-adrain{at}uiowa.edu
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