title: Paleontology. Making the best of a patchy fossil record.
authors.affiliation: Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK. abs@nhm.ac.uk
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016208:Databases, Factual; D017753:Ecosystem; D005580:Fossils; D019015:Geologic Sediments; D008974:Mollusca; D009520:New Zealand; D010163:Paleontology; D015983:Selection Bias