Cope's rule and the dynamics of body mass evolution in North American fossil mammals

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5364, 1998, Pages 731-734

  Alroy, John ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS EVOLUTION; COPE'S RULE; MAMMAL;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; MATHEMATICS; NORTH AMERICA;

NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032076637     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5364.731     Document Type: Article

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49. I thank A. DeQuieroz, W. DiMichele, C. Marshall, D. Raup, P. Wagner, P. Wilf, and the anonymous reviewers for comments on the paper. This work was supported by the Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems (ETE) program and the Smithsonian Institution.