Michael J. Foote, Professor, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, and the College.

Recent Publications

Foote, M. 2007. Symmetric waxing and waning of marine invertebrate genera. Paleobiology 33 [in press].

Foote, M. 2007. Extinction and quiescence in marine animal genera. Paleobiology 33:262-273.

Crampton, J.S., M. Foote, A.G. Beu, R. A. Cooper, I. Matcham, C. M. Jones, P.A. Maxwell, and B.A. Marshall. 2006. Second-order sequence stratigraphic controls on the quality of the fossil record at an active margin: New Zealand Eocene to Recent shelf molluscs. Palaios 21:86-105.

Foote, M. 2006. Substrate affinity and diversity dynamics of Paleozoic marine animals. Paleobiology 32:345-366.

Crampton, J.S., M. Foote, A. G. Beu, P.A. Maxwell, R.A. Cooper, I. Matcham, B. A. Marshall, and C.M. Jones. 2006. The ark was full! Constant to declining Cenozoic shallow marine biodiversity on an isolated mid-latitude continent. Paleobiology 32:509-532.

Foote, M. 2005. Pulsed origination and extinction in the marine realm. Paleobiology 31:6-20.

Miller, A. I., and M. Foote. 2003. Increased longevities of post-Paleozoic marine genera after mass extinctions. Science 302:1030-1032.

Foote, M. 2003. Origination and extinction through the Phanerozoic: a new approach. Journal of Geology 111:125-148.

Peters, S.E., and M. Foote. 2002. Determinants of extinction in the fossil record. Nature 416:420-424.

Foote, M. 2001. Inferring temporal patterns of preservation, origination, and extinction from taxonomic survivorship analysis. Paleobiology 27:602-630.

Peters, S.E., and M. Foote. 2001. Biodiversity in the Phanerozoic: a reinterpretation. Paleobiology 27:583-601.

Alroy, J., C.R. Marshall, R.K. Bambach, K. Bezusko, M. Foote, F.T. Fursich, T.A. Hansen, S.M. Holland, L.C. Ivany, D. Jablonski, D.K. Jacobs, D.C. Jones, M.A. Kosnik, S. Ligard, S. Low, A.I. Miller, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, T.D. Olszewski, M.E. Patzkowsky, D.M. Raup, K. Roy, J.J. Sepkoski, Jr., M.G. Sommers, P.J. Wagner, and A. Webber. 2001. Effects of sampling standardization on estimates of Phanerozoic marine diversification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 98:6261-6266.

Foote, M. 2001. Evolutionary rates and the age distributions of living and extinct taxa. Pp. 245-294 in J.B.C. Jackson, S. Lidgard, and F.K. McKinney, eds. Evolutionary patterns: growth form and tempo in the fossil record. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Foote, M. 2001. Estimating the completeness of the fossil record. Pp. 504-507 in D.E.G. Briggs and P.R. Crowther, eds. Paleobiology II. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford.

Foote, M. 2000. Origination and extinction components of taxonomic diversity: Paleozoic and post-Paleozoic dynamics. Paleobiology 26:578-605.

Foote, M. 2000. Origination and extinction components of taxonomic diversity: general problems. Paleobiology 26 (supplement to No. 4): 74-102.

Foote, M. 1999. Morphological diversity in the evolutionary radiation of Paleozoic and post-Paleozoic crinoids. Paleobiology Memoir 1 (supplement to vol. 25, no. 2), 115 pp.

Foote, M. and J.J. Sepkoski, Jr. 1999. Absolute measures of the completeness of the fossil record. Nature 398:415-417.

Foote, M. 1999. Evolutionary radiations in Paleozoic and post-Paleozoic crinoids. Paleobiology Memoir 1 (supplement to vol. 25, no. 2), 115 pp.

Foote, M., J. P. Hunter, C. M. Janis, and J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 1999. Origin of eutherian mammals [reply to critics]. Science 285:2031a.

Foote, M., J. P. Hunter, C. M. Janis, and J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 1999. Evolutionary and preservational constraints on origins of biologic groups: divergence times of eutherian mammals. Science 283:1310-1314.

Foote, M. 1997. The evolution of morphological diversity. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 28:129-152.

Foote, M. 1997. Estimating taxonomic durations and preservation probability. Paleobiology 23:278-300.

Roy, K., and M. Foote. 1997. Morphological approaches to measuring biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12:277-281.

Foote, M. 1997. Sampling, taxonomic description, and our evolving knowledge of morphological diversity. Paleobiology 23:181-206.

Foote, M. 1996. Ecological controls on the evolutionary recovery of post-Paleozoic crinoids. Science 274:1492-1495.

Foote, M. 1996. Models of morphological diversification. pp. 62-86 in D. Jablonski, D. H. Erwin, and J.H. Lipps, eds. Evolutionary paleobiology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Miller, A.I. and M. Foote. 1996. Calibrating the Ordovician radiation of marine life: implications for Phanerozoic diversity trends. Paleobiology 22:304-309.

Foote, M. 1996. On the probability of ancestors in the fossil record. Paleobiology 22:141-151.

Foote, M., and D. M. Raup. 1996. Fossil preservation and the stratigraphic ranges of taxa. Paleobiology 22:121-140.

Foote, M. 1996. Perspective: Evolutionary patterns in the fossil record. Evolution 50:1-11.