Just how good (or bad) is the fossil record of dinosaurs?
Friday, August 28, 2015 - 08:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Everyone is excited by discoveries of new dinosaurs – or indeed any new fossil species. But a key question for palaeontologists is 'just how good is the fossil record?' Do we know fifty per cent of the species of dinosaurs that ever existed, or ninety per cent or even less than one per cent? And how can we tell?