Finding the tree of life: Matching phylogenetic trees to the fossil record through the 20th century

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1481, 2001, Pages 2123-2130

  Benton, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Fossil record; Phylogeny; Stratigraphy; Tree

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035934886     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1769     Document Type: Article

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