Syllabus:
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Readings:
Buick (2001); Knoll & Xiao (2001); Wright (1997); Erwin et al. (1997); Lessem (1993); Eldredge & Gould (1972): Gould & Eldredge (1977); Gould & Eldredge (1993); Sepkoski (2001); Erwin (2001); Hallam & Wignall (1997); Martin (1999a); Martin (1999b); McKerrow & Cocks (1976); Ausich & Bottjer (1991), Fastovsky & Sheehan (2005), Ballarini & Heuer (2007), Fortey (2004), Fountain (2004), Hoffmann & Schrag (2000), Fountain (2004), Schmidt & Dilcher (2007), Horton (2007), Shipman (2006)