The interrelationships of 'complex' conodonts (Vertebrata)

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-153

  Donoghue, Philip C J ^a   Purnell, Mark A ^b   Aldridge, Richard J ^b   Zhang, Shunxin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Canada Nunavut Geoscience Office   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Classification; Conodont; Evolution; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CONODONT; DATA SET; EVOLUTION; HOMOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

PRIONIODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 43549103797     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002234     Document Type: Article

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