Intraorganismal homology, character construction, and the phylogeny of aetosaurian archosaurs (Reptilia, Diapsida)

Systematic Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-252

  Harris, Simon R ^a,b   Gower, David J ^b   Wilkinson, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characters; Coding; Evolution; Morphology; Osteoderms; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYLOGENY;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA;

EID: 0037617921     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150309341     Document Type: Article

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