Using ghost lineages to identify diversification events in the fossil record

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-204

  Cavin, Lionel ^a,b   Forey, Peter L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actinopterygii; Diversity; Fossil record; Ghost lineages

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; CENOMANIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAASTRICHTIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TELEOST; TESTING METHOD;

APTIAN; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FISH; FOSSIL ANIMAL; MAASTRICHTIAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOPTERYGII;

EID: 45849110617     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0602     Document Type: Article

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