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Testing phylogenetic hypotheses with stratigraphy and morphology—a comment on Smith (2000)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Peter J. Wagner
Peter J. Wagner*
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Department of Geology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois 60605
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 76 , Issue 4 , July 2002 , pp. 590 - 593
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