Phylogeny of the great cats (Felidae: Pantherinae), and the influence of fossil taxa and missing characters

Cladistics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 977-992

  Christiansen, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BOOTSTRAPPING; BRAIN; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FELID; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TOPOLOGY;

FELIDAE; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ATROX; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERINAE; UNCIA UNCIA;

EID: 56649094485     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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