Representing supraspecific taxa in higher-level phylogenetic analyses: Guidelines for palaeontologists

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Brusatte, Stephen L ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Archosauria; Cladistics; Evolution; Exemplars; Missing data; Phylogeny; Supraspecific taxa

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ARCHOSAURIA; ARTHROPODA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 74749092616     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00918.x     Document Type: Article

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