The Pristiograptus dubius (Suess, 1851) species group and iterative evolution in the Mid- and Late Silurian

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-69

  Rickards, R B ^a   Wright, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GRAPTOLITE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SILURIAN; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0043268078     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg39010061     Document Type: Article

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