A combined evidence phylogenetic analysis of Anguimorpha (Reptilia: Squamata)

Cladistics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 230-277

  Conrad, Jack L ^a,c   Ast, Jennifer C ^b   Montanari, Shaena ^a   Norell, Mark A ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; LIZARD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS;

ALLIGATOR; ANGUIDAE; ANGUIMORPHA; ANNIELLA; ANNIELLIDAE; HELODERMATIDAE; REPTILIA; SHINISAURUS CROCODILURUS; SQUAMATA; VARANOIDEA; VARANUS;

EID: 79955726204     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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