Biogeography of Triassic tetrapods: Evidence for provincialism and driven sympatric cladogenesis in the early evolution of modern tetrapod lineages

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1693, 2010, Pages 2547-2552

  Ezcurra, Martin D ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Evolution; Palaeobiogeography; Tetrapoda; TRA; Triassic

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLATITUDE; PANGAEA; PHYLOGENY; SYMPATRY; TETRAPOD; TRIASSIC; VICARIANCE;

TETRAPODA;

EID: 77956465329     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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