Decoupling of taxonomic diversity and morphological disparity during decline of the Cambrian trilobite family Pterocephaliidae

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1665-1676

  Hopkins, M J ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Biodiversity; Evolutionary rates; Extinction; Morphological evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFACIES; CLADISTICS; EXTINCTION; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

PTEROCEPHALIIDAE;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY RATES; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTIONARY RATES; EXTINCTION; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSILS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881026899     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12164     Document Type: Article

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