Cladograms, phylogenies and the veracity of the conodont fossil record

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 73, 2005, Pages 185-218

  Wickström, Linda M ^a,b   Donoghue, Philip C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Completeness; Conodont; Fossil record; Phylogeny; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846066094     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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