Non-random decay of chordate characters causes bias in fossil interpretation

Nature

Volumn 463, Issue 7282, 2010, Pages 797-800

  Sansom, Robert S ^a   Gabbott, Sarah E ^a   Purnell, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CAMBRIAN; DATA INTERPRETATION; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; TAPHONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

AMMOCOETE; AMPHIOXUS; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CAMBRIAN; CANADA; CHINA; CHORDATA; DECOMPOSITION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ANIMAL; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPOMORPHY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHORDATA; FOSSILS; LARVA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 76749114695     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08745     Document Type: Article

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