From weird wonders to stem lineages: the second reclassification of the Burgess Shale fauna

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 298-313

  Brysse, Keynyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthropod phylogeny; Burgess Shale; Cladistics; Classification; Evolution; History of paleontology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CELL LINEAGE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CELL LINEAGE; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGY; HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 50149113517     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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