Covert biases, circularity, and apomorphies: A critical look at the North American Quaternary Herpetofaunal Stability Hypothesis

Quaternary International

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 30-36

  Bell, Christopher J ^a   Gauthier, Jacques A ^b   Bever, Gabe S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; FOSSIL RECORD; HERPETOFAUNA; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77950626598     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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