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Michael J. Foote

Professor
mfoote@uchicago.edu
Research Summary
I am a paleobiologist interested in documenting and interpreting large-scale patterns in the history of life. Current research focuses on biogeography, evolutionary paleoecology, and macroevolution.
Biosciences Graduate Program Association
Publications

  1. Diversity-dependent evolutionary rates in early Palaeozoic zooplankton. Proc Biol Sci. 2018 02 28; 285(1873). View in: PubMed

  2. David M. Raup, 1933-2015. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Dec 08; 112(49):15002-3. View in: PubMed

  3. Evolutionary dynamics of taxonomic structure. Biol Lett. 2012 Feb 23; 8(1):135-8. View in: PubMed

  4. Rise and fall of species occupancy in Cenozoic fossil mollusks. Science. 2007 Nov 16; 318(5853):1131-4. View in: PubMed

  5. Determinants of extinction in the fossil record. Nature. 2002 Mar 28; 416(6879):420-4. View in: PubMed
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