There Was No Mesozoic Marine Revolution †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. What Is a Revolution?
3. How Long Was the Mesozoic Marine “Revolution?”
4. Paleozoic Events
5. Triassic Events
6. Jurassic-Cretaceous Events
7. Cenozoic Events
8. One Event or Multiple Events?
9. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Lucas, S.G.; Hunt, A.P. There Was No Mesozoic Marine Revolution. Proceedings 2023, 87, 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECG2022-14819
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Chicago/Turabian StyleLucas, Spencer G., and Adrian P. Hunt. 2023. "There Was No Mesozoic Marine Revolution" Proceedings 87, no. 1: 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECG2022-14819
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