Evolutionary patterns in early tetrapods. I. Rapid initial diversification followed by decrease in rates of character change

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1598, 2006, Pages 2107-2111

  Ruta, Marcello ^a,c   Wagner, Peter J ^a   Coates, Michael I ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amniotes; Disparity; Diversity; Lissamphibians; Palaeozoic; Rates

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; EVOLUTION; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY; TETRAPOD;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAPOD; VERTEBRATE;

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 33748275455     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3577     Document Type: Article

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