Using cladistic characters to predict functional variety: Experiments using early gnathostomes

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1254-1270

  Anderson, Philip S L ^a   Friedman, Matt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868565232     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.694386     Document Type: Article

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