Title: Completeness of the fossil record: Estimating losses due to small body size
Abstract: Research Article| April 01, 2006 Completeness of the fossil record: Estimating losses due to small body size Roger A. Cooper; Roger A. Cooper 1Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, PO Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Phillip A. Maxwell; Phillip A. Maxwell 2257 Otipua Road, Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar James S. Crampton; James S. Crampton 3Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, PO Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Alan G. Beu; Alan G. Beu 3Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, PO Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Craig M. Jones; Craig M. Jones 3Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, PO Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Bruce A. Marshall Bruce A. Marshall 4Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PO Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (2006) 34 (4): 241–244. https://doi.org/10.1130/G22206.1 Article history received: 25 Aug 2005 rev-recd: 15 Nov 2005 accepted: 20 Nov 2005 first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Roger A. Cooper, Phillip A. Maxwell, James S. Crampton, Alan G. Beu, Craig M. Jones, Bruce A. Marshall; Completeness of the fossil record: Estimating losses due to small body size. Geology 2006;; 34 (4): 241–244. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G22206.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Size bias in the fossil record limits its use for interpreting patterns of past biodiversity and ecological change. Using comparative size frequency distributions of exceptionally good regional records of New Zealand Holocene and Cenozoic Mollusca in museum archive collections, we derive first-order estimates of the magnitude of the bias against small body size and the effect of this bias on completeness of the fossil record. Our database of 3907 fossil species represents an original living pool of 9086 species, from which ∼36% have been removed by size culling, 27% from the smallest size class (<5 mm). In contrast, non-size-related losses compose only 21% of the total. In soft rocks, the loss of small taxa can be reduced by nearly 50% through the employment of exhaustive collection and preparation techniques. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
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