A Reassessment of the Taxonomic Position of Mesosaurs, and a Surprising Phylogeny of Early Amniotes

We reassess the phylogenetic position of mesosaurs by using a data matrix that is updated and slightly expanded from a matrix that the first author published in 1995 with his former thesis advisor. The revised matrix, which incorporates anatomical information published in the last 20 years and obser...

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Main Authors: Michel Laurin, Graciela H. Piñeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2017.00088/full