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Periodic Extinction of Families and Genera
Abstract
Eight major episodes of biological extinction of marine families over the past 250 million years stand significantly above local background ( P < 0.05). These events are more pronounced when analyzed at the level of genus, and generic data exhibit additional apparent extinction events in the Aptian (Cretaceous) and Pliocene (Tertiary) Stages. Time-series analysis of these records strongly suggests a 26-million-year periodicity. This conclusion is robust even when adjusted for simultaneous testing of many trial periods. When the time series is limited to the four best-dated events (Cenomanian, Maestrichtian, upper Eocene, and middle Miocene), the hypothesis of randomness is also rejected for the 26-million-year period ( P < 0.0002).
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- Authors
- Raup, D. M., & Sepkoski, J. J.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1986-02-21
- Volume
- 231
- Issue
- 4740
- Pages
- 833-836
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2075334642
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- 444
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 37.20
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- journal article
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- en
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- closed
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