Systematics of the trilobite families lichidae hawle & corda, 1847 and lichakephalidae tripp, 1957: The application of bayesian inference to morphological data

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-241

  Pollitt, Jessica R ^a   Fortey, Richard A ^b   Wills, Matthew A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Cladistics; Lichidae; Morphology; Phylogenetics; Trilobita

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947504363     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201905001604     Document Type: Article

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