Ghost taxa, ancestors, and assumptions: A comment on Wagner

Paleobiology

Volumn 3, Issue , 1996, Pages 453-455

  Norell, Mark A ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000727216     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: 19385331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300016390     Document Type: Article

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