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Paleontology

plot of marine family diversity through the Phanerozoic, modelled as logistic growth interrupted by mass extinctions.

In paleontology, Sepkoski curve refers to plot of marine family diversity through the Phanerozoic, modelled as logistic growth interrupted by mass extinctions. This meaning comes from Sepkoski (1984) in Paleobiology.[1]

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References

Sepkoski, J. J. (1984). A kinetic model of Phanerozoic taxonomic diversity. III. Post-Paleozoic families and mass extinctions. Paleobiology, 10(2), 246-267. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0094837300008186

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