Four mammal fossil calibrations: Balancing competing palaeontological and molecular considerations

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Phillips, Matthew J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caviomorpha Phiomorpha; Chiroptera; Fossil calibration; Macropodoidea; Molecular dating; Monotremata

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATING METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; PALEONTOLOGY;

CAVIOMORPHA; CHIROPTERA; HYSTRICOGNATHI; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPODOIDEA; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; POTOROUS; TACHYGLOSSIDAE;

EID: 84923529945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26879/490     Document Type: Article

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