Paleontologists find extinction rates higher in open-ocean settings during mass extinctions
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 17:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Arnie Miller, University of Cincinnati professor of paleontology in the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, and co-author Michael Foote of the University of Chicago publish their research in the Nov. 20 issue of Science with their paper, "Epicontinental Seas Versus Open-Ocean Settings: The Kinetics of Mass Extinction and Origination."