The age of the crown group of passerine birds and its evolutionary significance - Molecular calibrations versus the fossil record

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-13

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crown group; Divergence time; Fossil record; Historical biogeography; Passeriformes

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876370004     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2013.765521     Document Type: Review

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