Analysis of Phanerozoic vertebrate community richness suggests there have been constraints on tetrapod diversity dynamics over much of their evolutionary history.
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Ivany, L.C., Czekanski-Moir, J. Reined-in richness. Nat Ecol Evol 3, 520–521 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0863-9
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