Phylogenetic analysis and morphometrics have been developed by biologists into rigorous
analytic tools for testing hypotheses about the relationships between groups of species. This …

Darwin (1859) established the goal of systematic biology as being the production of
biological classifications that reflect the patterns of evolutionary history (phylogeny, or “true …

Describing phylogenetic relationships among fossil taxa has been an important part of
paleontology since the 19th century. In the last decade, the proliferation of phylogenetic …

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 …

In this volume, eleven leading systematists provide an overview of recent advances and
controversies in morphological phylogenetics. They summarize new methodological …

Each of the perspectives on the fossil record represented by contributions to this short
course (and many that are not) can claim a legitimate share of the mantle of “Analytical …

This new text sets out to establish the key role played by systematics in deciphering patterns
of evolution from the fossil record. It begins by considering the nature of the species in the …

The monophyly of the taxon Lepidoptera is firmly established by an impressive suite of
synapomorphies of its constituent basal lineages. The position of the group within the insect …

The use of quantitative shape data in phylogenetic studies has been challenged on several
grounds, the most important being that hypotheses of homology cannot apply to them. Two …

Abstract Novacek, MJ, and MA Norell (Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, The
American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York 10024; …