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SUMMARY:Phylodynamic tools for quantitative palaeobiology - Rachel Warnock
 \, Geozentrum Nordbayern
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CONTACT:Dr Emily Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:The fossilised birth-death (FBD) process provides a modelling 
 framework that explicitly combines the diversification and fossil sampling
  processes. To date\, the model has largely been applied to infer dated ph
 ylogenies\, based on the analysis of phylogenetic (morphological or molecu
 lar) character data. The model can\, however\, be used to infer key macroe
 volutionary parameters (origination\, extinction and fossil recovery rates
 )\, even in the total absence of phylogenetic character data. Here\, I wil
 l discuss recent work into the application of the FBD model to recover met
 rics commonly used in quantitative paleobiology (origination\, extinction\
 , species richness) based on analyses of stratigraphic ranges or fossil oc
 currence data. The FBD model provides a mechanistic and flexible framework
  that has several key advantages compared to alternative methods\, creatin
 g many opportunities for process-based inference in paleobiology.
LOCATION:Large Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology but also online (as
 k organizers for link).
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