Editing Macroevolution (section)

=== Evolutionary faunas ===
A macroevolutionary benchmark study is Sepkoski's<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sepkoski|first=J. John|date=1981|title=A factor analytic description of the Phanerozoic marine fossil record|journal=Paleobiology|volume=7|issue=1|pages=36–53|doi=10.1017/s0094837300003778|bibcode=1981Pbio....7...36S |issn=0094-8373}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sepkoski|first=J. John|date=1984|title=A kinetic model of Phanerozoic taxonomic diversity. III. Post-Paleozoic families and mass extinctions|journal=Paleobiology|volume=10|issue=2|pages=246–267|doi=10.1017/s0094837300008186|bibcode=1984Pbio...10..246S |issn=0094-8373}}</ref> work on marine animal diversity through the Phanerozoic. His iconic diagram of the numbers of marine families from the Cambrian to the Recent illustrates the successive expansion and dwindling of three "[[evolutionary fauna]]s" that were characterized by differences in origination rates and carrying capacities. Long-term ecological changes and major geological events are postulated to have played crucial roles in shaping these evolutionary faunas.<ref name="Rojas2021a">{{cite journal |last1=Rojas |first1=A. |last2=Calatayud |first2=J. |last3=Kowalewski |first3=M. |last4=Neuman |first4=M. |last5=Rosvall |first5=M. |title=A multiscale view of the Phanerozoic fossil record reveals the three major biotic transitions. |journal=Communications Biology |date=March 8, 2021 |volume=4 |issue=1 |page=309 |doi=10.1038/s42003-021-01805-y |pmid=33686149 |issn=2399-3642|pmc=7977041 }}</ref>