Sampling taxa, estimating phylogeny and inferring macroevolution: An example from Devonian terebratulide brachiopods

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 311-325

  Carlson, Sandra J ^a   Fitzgerald, Paul C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centronelloidea; Character evolution; Classification; Fossils; Morphology; Phylogenetic inference; Stratigraphic position; Stringocephaloidea

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749105016     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691007078437     Document Type: Article

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