Short Communication

The phylogenetic trees of Florentino Ameghino and cladograms: a case for multiple discovery? 

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ADRIÀ CASINOS

Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, Diagonal, 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; acasinos@ub.edu
Corresponding author

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ABSTRACT

The topology of the phylogenetic trees used by Florentino Ameghino in his works Filogenia and Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina, is analysed. The similarities with the topology of the present day cladograms, branching orthogonal diagrams with dichotomies, are highlighted and discussed.

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Key words: Evolution, Arboreal representation, Ameghino, Topology

How to cite: Casinos, A. 2022. The phylogenetic trees of Florentino Ameghino and cladograms: a case for multiple discovery?. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 37(2), 257-262.

Received 17 May 2022, Accepted 7 November 2022, Published online 7 December 2022

https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.25549

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