The oldest unequivocal records of Dinosauria were unearthed from Late Triassic rocks
(approximately 230 Ma) accumulated over extensional rift basins in southwestern Pangea …

▪ Abstract Phylogenetic studies and new fossil evidence have yielded fundamental insights
into the pattern and timing of dinosaur evolution and the emergence of functionally modern …

The species problem has triggered the publication of an almost infinite number of theoretical
and practical studies, including quite a number of books. I should, therefore, perhaps briefly …

The tribe Aedini (Family Culicidae) contains approximately one-quarter of the known
species of mosquitoes, including vectors of deadly or debilitating disease agents. This tribe …

The evidentiary basis of the currently accepted classification of living amphibians is
discussed and shown not to warrant the degree of authority conferred on it by use and …

The long-awaited revision of the industry standard on phylogenetics Since the publication of
the first edition of this landmark volume more than twenty-five years ago, phylogenetic …

Abstract “Big” plant genera, those of 500 or more species, have not only occasioned interest
among systematic botanists, but for geographical, ecological or horticultural reasons, have …

Classification of the tremendous diversity of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) began with the
designation of taxonomic groups on the basis of morphological similarity. Starting in the late …

Darwinian Natural Selection t is quite conceiveable," Darwin wrote in his introduction to On
the Origin of Species (1859, p. 3)" that a naturalist, reflecting on the mutual affinities of …

The PhyloCode is a set of principles, rules, and recommendations governing phylogenetic
nomenclature, a system for naming taxa by explicit reference to phylogeny. In contrast, the …