Biodiversity Through Geological Time
Describe the pattern of family diversity through geological time (see figure 6.7; Coe, 2013 after Sepkosky 1981, 1984). Briefly discuss the factors that control the pattern of the curve.
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2. Describe and discuss how climate, paleogeography, and plate tectonics have controlled the number and diversity of biogeographic provinces on Earth in the geological past.
3. Describe how the distribution of continents and oceans had changed through the Phanerozoic. Provide illustrations.
