The More the Merrier? A Large Cladistic Analysis of Mysticetes, and Comments on the Transition from Teeth to Baleen

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-100

  Marx, Felix G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Baleen whale; Bayesian; Cetacea; Cladistic; Evolution; Mysticeti; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BALAENIDAE; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CAPEREA MARGINATA; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 79955044674     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-010-9148-4     Document Type: Article

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