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Trevor Cotton's Publications

Peer-reviewed contributions

Cotton, T. J. 2001. The phylogeny and systematics of blind Cambrian ptychoparioid trilobites. Palaeontology, 44(1): 167-207.
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Cotton, T. J. and Braddy, S. J. 2004. The phylogeny of arachnomorph arthropods and the origin of the Chelicerata. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94: 169-193.
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Cotton, T. J. and Fortey, R. A. 2005. Comparative morphology and relationships of the Agnostida. Pages 95-136 In Koenemann, S. and Jenner, R. A. (eds.), Crustacea and Arthropod Relationships. Crustacean Issues 16. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
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Editorially-reviewed contributions

Cotton, T. J. 1999. Review of: Arthropod fossils and phylogeny. Gregory D. Edgecombe (Editor). Columbia University Press, New York, U.S.A., 1998. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 151(4), 341-343.

Cotton, T. J. 2000. Review of: Molecular evolution: A phylogenetic approach. R. D. M. Page and E. C. Holmes. Blackwell Science, 1998. The Palaeontology Newsletter, 42: 26-27.
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Unpublished work

Cotton. T. J. and Braddy, S. J. 2000. A ‘big hand’ for the chelicerates?: The phylogeny of arachnomorph arthropods and the origin of the Chelicerata. 3rd Young Systematists Forum, The Systematics Association. The Natural History Museum, London, 30th November 2000.

Cotton T. J. 2002. The phylogeny and morphological evolution of Cambrian trilobites and their relatives. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Bristol, Department of Earth Sciences.