The species concept in a long-extinct fossil group, the conodonts;Le concept d'espèce chez un groupe d'organismes exclusivement fossiles, les conodontes

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 107-115

  Girard, Catherine ^a   Renaud, Sabrina ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Conodonts; Evolution; Extinct species; Morphometrics; Paleozoic

Indexed keywords

CONODONT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79953211819     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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