Lineages with long durations are old and morphologically average: An analysis using multiple datasets

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 885-901

  Liow, Lee Hsiang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Average morphology; Fossil record; Lineage duration; Prolonged stasis; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOSSIL; META ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FOSSILS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34047202177     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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