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. 2012 Dec 11;109(50):E3393; author reply E3394.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1215611109. Epub 2012 Nov 5.

On flying insect size and Phanerozoic atmospheric oxygen

Graham E Dorrington
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On flying insect size and Phanerozoic atmospheric oxygen

Graham E Dorrington. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Phanerozoic pO2 (white circles) as predicted by Berner (2) and MWLs (black horizontal lines) based on data from Clapham and Karr (1), including C. sculli (Cs), with additional values for two extant species, P. ingentissima (Pi) and T. plagiata (Tp). Hind-wing lengths of these extant species (84–86 mm) were established by using specimens stored in the Natural History Museum (London, United Kingdom) and the Davies Collection held at the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom).
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