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A method allowing estimation of the total diversity of fossil organisms is described and illustrated, using the examples of the Permian ammonoids of the Pamir, Permian brachiopods of Texas, and Tithonian marine animals.
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Original Russian Text © V.Yu. Dmitriev, 2016, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2016, No. 6, pp. 3–10.
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Dmitriev, V.Y. A complete diversity of fossils: Perspectives. Paleontol. J. 50, 541–548 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103011606006X
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