The braincase of Euparkeria, and the evolutionary relationships of birds and crocodilians

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-411

  Gower, David J ^a,b   Weber, Erich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archosaurs; Birds; Braincase; Crocodilians; Diapsids; Euparkeria; Homology; Morphology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE;

ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; EUPARKERIA; LAGENA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 0032425695     PISSN: 00063231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0006323198005222     Document Type: Article

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