Flying rocks and flying clocks: Disparity in fossil and molecular dates for birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1788, 2014, Pages

  Ksepka, Daniel T ^a   Ware, Jessica L ^b,c   Lamm, Kristin S ^d  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergence dating; K Pg extinction; Palaeontology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIRD; CLADISTICS; DATING METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GENETICS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84902664441     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0677     Document Type: Article

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