Ghost taxa, ancestors, assumptions, and expectations: A reply to Norell

Paleobiology

Volumn 3, Issue , 1996, Pages 456-460

  Wagner, Peter J ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 0005970265     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: 19385331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300016407     Document Type: Letter

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