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Mark C. Nikolic

American Museum of Natural HistoryORCID 0000-0003-2446-4056Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Evolutionary BiologyBiology LettersPeer-reviewedAug 1, 2025

Combining fossil taxa with and without morphological data improves dated phylogenetic analyses

Mark C. Nikolic, Rachel C. M. Warnock, Melanie Jane Hopkins

This study combines morphological and taxonomic data to improve dated phylogenetic analyses of trilobites, resulting in more accurate divergence time estimates and stratigraphically congruent topologies.

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