The relationships of biserial graptolites

Palaeontology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1241-1272

  Fortey, Richard A ^a   Zhang, Yuandong ^b   Mellish, Claire ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Evolution; Graptolites; Middle ordovician; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN;

DIPLOGRAPTIDAE; GLOSSOGRAPTIDAE; ISOGRAPTUS; PSEUDISOGRAPTUS;

EID: 30744436597     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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