Species-level phylogenetic analysis of pterocephaliids (Trilobita, Cambrian) from the Great Basin, Western USA

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1128-1153

  Hopkins, Melanie J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; OPTIMIZATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TOPOLOGY; TRILOBITE;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

PTEROCEPHALIIDAE; TRILOBITA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 80054934296     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/11-002.1     Document Type: Article

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