Emerging Syntheses between Palaeobiogeography and Macroevolutionary Theory
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PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY is a field marked by important intellectual insights and developments; recently the field has shown signs of emerging insights and new growth. This positive trajectory can be ascribed to several significant developments. Chief among these is our growing knowledge of the fossil record, involving the publication of more detailed palaeobiogeographic studies (Mawson et al. 1998; Shi & Grunt 2000; Talent et al. 2001; Meyer-Berthaud et al. 2003; Meert & Lieberman 2004; Shi 2006). It is also related to an increasing emphasis on quantification in palaeobiogeography (eg. Shi 1993), expanding the precision and sharpening the interpretation of results. Coupled with this is the growth of phylogenetic approaches to biogeography and palaeobiogeography (Brooks & McLennan 1991; Lieberman 2000) that allow patterns to be related directly to evolutionary diversification. Ultimately, however, aspects of the growth of palaeobiogeography can be tied to the intrinsic nature of palaeobiogeographic data themselves. In particular, these are the geographic distributions of species (or other taxa) in the fossil record, thereby joining the discipline with another important research area, macroevolution. THE GEOGRAPHY OF MACROEVOLUTION
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