ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] The tuatara is almost universally regarded as "a single species... Sphenodon punctatus"1. However, the genus has a complex taxonomic history involving four phases: (1) two extant and one extinct species were named last century (Table 1); (2) in 1904, a catalogue of all New Zealand terrestrial ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/347177a0
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