A correction corrected: Consensus over the meaning of crocodylia and why it matters

Systematic Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 537-543

  Brochu, Christopher A ^a   Wagner, Jonathan R ^b   Jouve, Stéphane ^c   Sumrall, Colin D ^d   Densmore, Llewellyn D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; CROCODILIAN;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; PHYLOGENY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 70450284430     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syp053     Document Type: Article

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