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Community Evolution: Its Evolutionary and Biostratigraphic Significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2017

A.J. Boucot
A.J. Boucot*
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Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331–2914
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Since the middle of the last century, with the publication of d'Orbigny's monumental synthesis (1849–52, 1850–52), it has been clear that the fossil record is divisible into a number of significant biostratigraphic units (his ”terrains” and ”etages”). It has also been clear that within each of these d'Orbigny-type units there are included a number of individual “biofacies,” the term used by the geologist, or “communities,” the term used by paleobiologists. I have referred (1983) to the major d'Orbigny biostratigraphic divisions as “ecologicevolutionary units,” because the term terrane is geologically preoccupied today, and the subdivision terms ”etage” and “stage” have different meanings.

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The Paleontological Society Special Publications , Volume 5: Paleocommunity Temporal Dynamics: The Long-Term Development of Multispecies Assemblies , 1990 , pp. 48 - 70
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Copyright © 1990 Paleontological Society 

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