Outputs (2)

An algorithm for morphological phylogenetic analysis with inapplicable data (2018)
Journal Article
Brazeau, M., Guillerme, T., & Smith, M. (2019). An algorithm for morphological phylogenetic analysis with inapplicable data. Systematic Biology, 68(4), 619-631. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syy083

Morphological data play a key role in the inference of biological relationships and evolutionary history, and are essential for the interpretation of the fossil record. The hierarchical interdependence of many morphological characters, however, compl... Read More about An algorithm for morphological phylogenetic analysis with inapplicable data.

Hyoliths with pedicles illuminate the origin of the brachiopod body plan (2018)
Journal Article
Sun, H., Smith, M., Zeng, H., Zhao, F., Li, G., & Zhu, M. (2018). Hyoliths with pedicles illuminate the origin of the brachiopod body plan. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1887), Article 20181780. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1780

Hyoliths are a taxonomically problematic group of Palaeozoic lophotrochozoans that are among the first shelly fossils to appear in the Cambrian period. On the basis of their distinctive exoskeleton, hyoliths have historically been classified as a sep... Read More about Hyoliths with pedicles illuminate the origin of the brachiopod body plan.