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Lilliput effect: a standalone construct

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Paleontology

temporary reduction in body size among survivors in the aftermath of a mass extinction.

In paleontology, Lilliput effect refers to temporary reduction in body size among survivors in the aftermath of a mass extinction. This meaning comes from Urbanek (1993) in Historical Biology.[1]

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body2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs extinction4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs mass3 fields · 9 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Urbanek, A. (1993). Biotic crises in the history of Upper Silurian graptoloids: A Palaeobiological model. Historical Biology, 7(1), 29-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/10292389309380442

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