Congruence, non-homology, and the phylogeny of basal turtles

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-159

  Joyce, Walter G ^a,b   Sterli, Juliana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Congruence; Kayentachelys aprix; Systematics; Testudinata; Testudines

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DATA SET; HOMOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 84858311741     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2010.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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