Fossils provide better estimates of ancestral body size than do extant taxa in fishes

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 357-384

  Albert, James S ^a   Johnson, Derek M ^a   Knouft, Jason H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character state optimization; Continuous trait evolution; Morphological diversification; Vertebrate taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVOLUTION; FISH; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

PISCES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 66149085597     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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