The quality of the fossil record of Mesozoic birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1560, 2005, Pages 289-294

  Fountaine, Toby M R ^a   Benton, Michael J ^a   Dyke, Gareth J ^b   Nudds, Robert L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Completeness; Fossil record; Mesozoic; Neornithes; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIRD; FOSSIL RECORD; MESOZOIC; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CRETACEOUS; DATA ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MESOZOIC; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

AVES; NEORNITHES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FOSSILS; GEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 16244391465     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2923     Document Type: Article

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