Phylogenetic Relationships and Monophyly of Loons, Grebes, and Hesperornithiform Birds, with Comments on the Early History of Birds

1982/03/01 by Joël Cracraft · 11 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

paper · doi:10.2307/2413412

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Abstract

Joel Cracraft, Phylogenetic Relationships and Monophyly of Loons, Grebes, and Hesperornithiform Birds, with Comments on the Early History of Birds, Systematic Zoology, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Mar., 1982), pp. 35-56

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