On taxonomic membership

Paleobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 519-536

  Wilkinson, Bruce H ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CLADISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MAMMAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BRACHIOPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79958723077     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/10024.1     Document Type: Article

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