@article{0c9fd52b63f74647b3e901891d377c00,
title = "Phanerozoic trends in the global diversity of marine invertebrates",
abstract = "It has previously been thought that there was a steep Cretaceous and Cenozoic radiation of marine invertebrates. This pattern can be replicated with a new data set of fossil occurrences representing 3.5 million specimens, but only when older analytical protocols are used. Moreover, analyses that employ sampling standardization and more robust counting methods show a modest rise in diversity with no clear trend after the mid-Cretaceous. Globally, locally, and at both high and low latitudes, diversity was less than twice as high in the Neogene as in the mid-Paleozoic. The ratio of global to local richness has changed little, and a latitudinal diversity gradient was present in the early Paleozoic.",
author = "John Alroy and Martin Aberhan and Bottjer, {David J.} and Michael Foote and F{\"u}rsich, {Franz T.} and Harries, {Peter J.} and Hendy, {Austin J.W.} and Holland, {Steven M.} and Ivany, {Linda C.} and Wolfgang Kiessling and Kosnik, {Matthew A.} and Marshall, {Charles R.} and McGowan, {Alistair J.} and Miller, {Arnold I.} and Olszewski, {Thomas D.} and Patzkowsky, {Mark E.} and Peters, {Shanan E.} and Lo{\"i}c Villier and Wagner, {Peter J.} and Nicole Bonuso and Borkow, {Philip S.} and Benjamin Brenneis and Clapham, {Matthew E.} and Fall, {Leigh M.} and Ferguson, {Chad A.} and Hanson, {Victoria L.} and Krug, {Andrew Z.} and Layou, {Karen M.} and Leckey, {Erin H.} and Sabine N{\"u}rnberg and Powers, {Catherine M.} and Sessa, {Jocelyn A.} and Carl Simpson and Adam Toma{\v s}ov{\'y}ch and Visaggi, {Christy C.}",
year = "2008",
month = jul,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1126/science.1156963",
language = "English",
volume = "321",
pages = "97--100",
journal = "Science (New York, N.Y.)",
issn = "0036-8075",
publisher = "American Association for the Advancement of Science",
number = "5885",
}