No statistical support for sudden (
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- journal_title：Geology
- Contributor：Stuart H. Hurlbert ; J. David Archibald
- Publisher：Geological Society of America
- Date：1995-
- Format：text/html
- Language：en
- Identifier：10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0881:NSSFSO>2.3.CO;2
- journal_abbrev：Geology
- issn：0091-7613
- volume：23
- issue：10
- firstpage：881
摘要
Did dinosaurs decline gradually or abruptly at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary? An analysis of familial diversity patterns in dinosaur fossils from the Hell Creek Formation of central North America has claimed to present strong statistical evidence against the idea that dinosaurs declined gradually near the end of the Cretaceous. Examination of the quantitative methodologies used shows that these provide no basis for choosing between scenarios of abrupt extinction and gradual decline.