Divergence time estimation using fossils as terminal taxa and the origins of lissamphibia

Systematic Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 466-481

  Pyron, R Alexander ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergence time estimation; evolutionary rates; fossil constraints; Lissamphibia; molecular clock; Tetrapoda

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; FOSSILS; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHYLOGENY; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

AMPHIBIA; LEPOSPONDYLI; TETRAPODA;

EID: 79959381301     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr047     Document Type: Article

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