Evolutionary mode routinely varies among morphological traits within fossil species lineages.

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Recent studies have revitalized interest in methods for detecting evolutionary modes in both fossil sequences and phylogenies. Most of these studies examine single size or shape traits, often implicitly assuming that single phenotypic traits are adequate representations of species-level change. We test the validity of this assumption by tallying the frequency with which traits vary in evolutionary mode within...

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