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Article: Five hundred million years of extinction and recovery: a phanerozoic survey of large-scale diversity patterns in fishes

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2012
Page(s): 707 – 742
Author(s): Matt Friedman and Lauren Cole Sallan
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FRIEDMAN, M., SALLAN, L. 2012. Five hundred million years of extinction and recovery: a phanerozoic survey of large-scale diversity patterns in fishes. Palaeontology, 55, 4, 707–742.

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