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Mike Foote is an American paleobiologist and professor known for his quantitative research on the history of life and the fossil record. Much of his work involves using large-scale databases to analyze trends in biodiversity, evolutionary rates, and extinction across the Phanerozoic eon. He has publ...
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Preeminent quantitative paleobiologist whose work on diversity, morphology, and sampling profoundly influenced macroevolutionary analysis.
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Wolfgang Kiessling is a German paleontologist affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, recognized for his quantitative research on fossil reefs and marine biodiversity. His work heavily relies on the Paleobiology Database to analyze large-scale extinction patterns and ecosystem dynamics...
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Influential researcher on reef evolution, biodiversity, and extinction dynamics; strong quantitative and macroevolutionary reputation.
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