Graptoloid cladistics, taxonomy and phylogeny

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-19

  Maletz, Jörg ^a   Carlucci, Jesse ^b   Mitchell, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bireclinata; Cladistics; Eugraptoloida; Evolution; Graptolites; Ordovician; Phylogenetic taxonomy; Reclinata

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DEVONIAN; GRAPTOLITE; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ANISOGRAPTUS MATANENSIS; ARIENIGRAPTUS GRACILIS; DIPLOGRAPTIDAE; GRAPTOLITHINA; GRAPTOLOIDEA; ISOGRAPTUS; MONOGRAPTIDAE; RHABDINOPORA FLABELLIFORMIS;

EID: 69349099008     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1108     Document Type: Article

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