Testing the Darwinian legacy of the Cambrian radiation using trilobite phylogeny and biogeography

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 176-181

  Lieberman, Bruce S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

DARWINIA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 0033103481     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000027700     Document Type: Article

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