| Description |
viii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction. Methods for reconstructing evolutionary patterns. Palaeontological data and evolutionary trees. Species, taxa, and macroevolution -- 2. Species in the fossil record. Species concepts. Species in palaeontology. Are species different from other taxa? How phena are recognized. Examples in practice -- 3. Parsimony, phylogenetic analysis, and fossils. The cladistic revolution. Characters in phylogenetic analyses. Cladograms and their construction. Fossils and phylogenetic reconstruction -- 4. Higher taxa. Why higher taxa are needed in evolutionary studies. The construction of higher taxa. Higher taxa and evolutionary patterns. Classification and rank. Macroevolution and emergent characters of higher taxa -- 5. The nature of biostratigraphic data. Biases affecting taxonomic ranges. Estimating absolute taxonomic ranges. Taxonomic ranges: do they provide a test of phylogenetic hypotheses? -- 6. The construction of evolutionary trees. Trees, cladograms, and ancestors |
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How phylogenetic trees are constructed. Examples of phylogenetic tree construction in practice -- 7. Patterns from the fossil record. Why phylogenetic data are essential. Biodiversity. Morphological disparity. Origination patterns. Extinction patterns. Taxonomic duration. Rates of evolution. Fossils and biogeographic patterns |
| Analysis |
Taxonomy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-218) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cladistic analysis.
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Evolutionary paleobiology.
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| Author |
Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| LC no. |
93041845 |
| ISBN |
0632036427 |
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