"Signor-Lipps effect" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Named after American paleontologists Philip Signor and Jere Lipps, who formally proposed it in 1982. Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=Signor-Lipps effect}} Signor-Lipps effect
  1. (paleontology) The principle that due to the incompleteness of the fossil record, the earliest and latest known occurrences of a taxon will almost never represent the ages of the actual earliest and latest organisms belonging to it. Wikipedia link: Jere Lipps, Signor-Lipps effect Categories (topical): Paleontology

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