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Re: node fossil

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Subject: Re: node fossil
From: "T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:34:32 -0700
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On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Ian Paulsen <birdbooker@zipcon.net> wrote:
> HI:
> ÂHere's another term I came up with for replacing "Missing Link": Node
> Fossil.

But *all* taxa are nodes. (And note that nodes can be terminal.)

Maybe you weren't too far off with "keystone", though. How about
"bridge" specimens?
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T. Michael Keesey
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