The meaning of `inversion` in chamids and rudists (Bivalvia) reviewed and an unbiassed theoretical approach to Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous rudist phylogeny

  • Nikolaus Malchus Departament de Geologia, Unitat de Paleontologia, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
Keywords: Chamidae, Hippuritacea, Bivalvia, inversión, Late Jurassic, Cretaceous, theoretical approach, phylogenetic analysis.

Abstract

Older phylogenetic studies of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous rudists tend to refer to the Recent bivalve family Chamidae as a model, especially if the “inversión” of the hinge detition and of fixation are concerned… in order to continue, download the full paper in PDF.

Published
2019-02-19
Section
Regular Papers