How many dinosaur species were there? Fossil bias and true richness estimated using a Poisson sampling model (TRiPS)
Jostein Starrfelt, Lee Hsiang Liow
This paper estimates dinosaur species richness and sampling bias using a Poisson sampling model, finding 1936 (1543-2468) species existed during the Mesozoic.
bioRxiv · Dec 4, 2015Paleontology