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The Influence of Taxonomic Method on the Perception of Patterns of Evolution

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Evolutionary Biology

Part of the book series: Evolutionary Biology ((EBIO,volume 23))

Abstract

In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in patterns of evolution discerned in the fossil record through quantitative analysis of taxon duration and rates of origination or extinction. This approach was pioneered by Simpson’s (1952) study of vertebrate evolution, and was subsequently applied to the marine invertebrate fossil record by Valentine (1969). Those authors assumed that taxa could be treated as individual units of data, and equated taxonomic rank with morphological distinction. Patterns derived from the temporal distribution of taxa were interpreted as a direct reflection of morphological evolution and biological diversification.

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Smith, A.B., Patterson, C. (1988). The Influence of Taxonomic Method on the Perception of Patterns of Evolution. In: Hecht, M.K., Wallace, B. (eds) Evolutionary Biology. Evolutionary Biology, vol 23. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1043-3_5

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