Additional material

for Species and Speciation in the Fossil Record

Edited by Warren D. Allmon and Margaret M. Yacobucci

This page has additional material for Species and Speciation in the Fossil Record edited by Warren D. Allmon and Margaret M. Yacobucci. The files are in several formats.

Two files accompany Chapter 6, ”Fitting Ancestral Age-Dependent Speciation Models to Fossil Data” by L. H. Liow and T. Ergon

Appendix A. R code for fitting speciation hazard functions to data of species first and last appearances and speciation times. [txt file]

Appendix B. Five datasets used in this study, with reference to Table 6.1 [Excel file]



Two files accompany Chapter 13, “Fossil Species Lineages and their Defining Traits: Taxonomic ‘Usefulness’ and Evolutionary Modes” by M. J. Hopkins and S. Lidgard:

Appendix A. Description of traits, AICc results for actual fossil sequences, and assignment of taxonomic usefulness. [Excel file]

Appendix B. Justification for coding assignments, arranged in alphabetical order. [PDF file]