Geographic and stratigraphic change in the morphology of Triarthrus beckii (Green) (Trilobita): A test of the Plus ça change model of evolution

Lethaia

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-125

  Kim, Keonho ^a   Sheets, H David ^b   Mitchell, Charles E ^c  

^a Alice Lloyd College   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Ontogenetic standardization; Plus a change model; Procrustes distances; Triarthrus beckii

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRILOBITE;

TRILOBITA;

EID: 60949103107     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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