A cladistic reconstruction of the ancestral mite harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi): Portrait of a Paleozoic detritivore

Cladistics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 582-597

  De Bivort, Benjamin L ^a,b   Clouse, Ronald M ^a,c   Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; CLADISTICS; DATA SET; DETRITIVORY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; RECONSTRUCTION;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CYPHOPHTHALMI; OPILIONES;

EID: 84869176323     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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