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On the bidirectional relationship between geographic range and taxonomic duration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2016

Michael Foote ,
James S. Crampton ,
Alan G. Beu  and
Roger A. Cooper
Michael Foote
Affiliation:
Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637. E-mail: mfoote@uchicago.edu
James S. Crampton
Affiliation:
GNS Science, Post Office Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. E-mail: j.crampton@gns.cri.nz
Alan G. Beu
Affiliation:
GNS Science, Post Office Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. E-mail: E-mail: E-mail: a.beu@gns.cri.nz
Roger A. Cooper
Affiliation:
GNS Science, Post Office Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. E-mail: r.cooper@gns.cri.nz.
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Abstract

Geographic range and taxonomic duration are known to be positively correlated in a number of biologic groups; this is usually attributed to the influence of range upon duration rather than the other way about. Here we analyze two distinct components of this correlation within species and genera of marine invertebrates and microfossils by partitioning the total duration into two parts: the time it takes a taxon to attain its maximum geographic range, and the time a taxon persists after attaining its peak range. We find that the longer it takes a taxon to attain its maximum geographic range, the wider is that range. We also find that the broader the maximum range, the greater is the duration after this maximum is attained. These two correlations are equally strong on average. There is thus a reciprocal relationship between duration and geographic range, and there is no compelling evidence that range generally determines duration more or less than duration determines range.

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Paleobiology , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , Fall 2008 , pp. 421 - 433
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