Ghost lineages and "mammalness": Assessing the temporal pattern of character acquisition in the Synapsida

Paleobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 254-273

  Sidor, Christian A ^a   Hopson, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SYNAPSIDA; THERAPSIDA;

EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; REPTILE; SYNAPSIDA;

EID: 0031663832     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373-24.2.254     Document Type: Article

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