
pmid: 12028774
pmc: PMC1690971
One of the ultimate aims of systematics is the reconstruction of the tree of life. This is a huge undertaking that is inhibited by the existence of a computational limit to the inclusiveness of phylogenetic analyses. Supertree methods have been developed to overcome, or at least to go around this problem by combining smaller, partially overlapping cladograms. Here, we present a very inclusive generic-level supertree of Dinosauria (covering a total of 277 genera), which is remarkably well resolved and provides some clarity in many contentious areas of dinosaur systematics.
EXTANT BIRDS NEORNITHES, fossil, INFORMATION, SAUROPOD DINOSAURS, SOFT-TISSUES, MATRIX REPRESENTATION, SYSTEMATICS, phylogeny, COMBINING PHYLOGENETIC TREES, Biological Evolution, EVOLUTION, 576, Dinosaurs, Animals, supertrees, ROOTED TREES, CONSENSUS, dinosaurs, Phylogeny, Mesozoic
EXTANT BIRDS NEORNITHES, fossil, INFORMATION, SAUROPOD DINOSAURS, SOFT-TISSUES, MATRIX REPRESENTATION, SYSTEMATICS, phylogeny, COMBINING PHYLOGENETIC TREES, Biological Evolution, EVOLUTION, 576, Dinosaurs, Animals, supertrees, ROOTED TREES, CONSENSUS, dinosaurs, Phylogeny, Mesozoic
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