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Rapid action in the Palaeogene, the relationship between phenotypic and taxonomic diversification in Coenozoic mammals.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Jan 2013
Raia P, Carotenuto F, Passaro F, Piras P, Fulgione D, Werdelin L, Saarinen J, Fortelius M
Abstract excerpt
A classic question in evolutionary biology concerns the tempo and mode of lineage evolution. Considered variously in relation to resource utilization, intrinsic constraints or hierarchic level, the question of how evolutionary change occurs in general has continued to draw the attention of the field for over a century and a half. Here we use the largest species-level phylogeny of Coenozoic fossil mammals (1031...
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