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Measurement of faunal similarity in paleontology

D. Raup, R. E. Crick

1979.9.1JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

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A probabilistic index of faunal similarity is proposed which compares the number of taxa common to two faunas with the number that would be expected to be in common if the taxa were distributed randomly.

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RAUP, D.; CRICK, R. E. Measurement of faunal similarity in paleontology. JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY, 1979, 53: 1213–1227.