Archaeopteryx, paravian phylogenetic analyses, and the use of probability-based methods for palaeontological datasets

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 323-334

  Xu, Xing ^a   Pol, Diego ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Archaeopteryx; Avialae; Deinonychosauria; Parsimony based methods; Probability based methods

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DATA SET; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PROBABILITY; RECONSTRUCTION; REPTILE; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84895559102     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2013.764357     Document Type: Review

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