The phylogenetic trunk: Maximal inclusion of taxa with missing data in an analysis of the Lepospondyli (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda)

Systematic Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 170-193

  Anderson, Jason S ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adelospondylid; A stopod; Correlated character; Lepospondyls; Lysorophid; Microsaur; Missing data; Nectridean; Paleozoic tetrapods; Phylogenetic analysis; Wild card taxa

Indexed keywords

AISTOPODA; LEPOSPONDYLI; NECTRIDEA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BONE AND BONES; FOSSILS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0035527497     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150119889     Document Type: Article

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