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Ghost taxa, ancestors, assumptions, and expectations: a reply to Norell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2016

Peter J. Wagner
Peter J. Wagner*
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Department of Paleobiology, NHB121, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560
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Paleobiology , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , Summer 1996 , pp. 456 - 460
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