Phylogenetic Analysis and Paleontology : Proceedings of a Symposium Entitled "Phylogenetic Models," Convened at the North American Paleontological Convention II, Lawrence, Kansas, August 8, 1977 / Joel Cracraft, Niles Eldredge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cracraft, Joel, editor.

Eldredge, Niles, editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1979]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies how phylogenetic analysis is important in paleontology and that attempts to systematize fossil species should be based on an analysis of phylogenetic history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Symposium Participants

Introduction to the Symposium / Eldredge, N. / Cracraft, J.

Phylogenetic Analysis, Evolutionary Models, and Paleontology / Cracraft, J.

The Stratophenetic Approach to Phylogeny Reconstruction in Vertebrate Paleontology / Gingerich, Philip D.

An Introduction to the Logic of Phylogeny Reconstruction / Gaffney, Eugene S.

Recognition of Ancestor-Descendant Relationships in Invertebrate Paleontology / Bretsky, Sara S.

Cladism and Common Sense / Eldredge, Niles

Cladistics: Is It Really Different from Classical Taxonomy? / Boucot, A. J.

Ancestors, Species, and Cladograms-Remarks on the Symposium / Wiley, E. O.

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88805-8

OCLC:

1100432688