Phylogeny, paleontology, and primates: Do incomplete fossils bias the tree of life?

Systematic Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-186

  Pattinson, David J ^a,b,c   Thompson, Richard S ^a   Piotrowski, Aleks K ^d   Asher, Robert J ^a  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial extinction; Darwinius; Data combination; Missing data; Phylogeny reconstruction; Primates; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES;

EID: 84927676546     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syu077     Document Type: Article

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