Orbit orientation and the function of the mammalian postorbital bar

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 405-418

  Noble, Vivian E ^a   Kowalski, Erica M ^b   Ravosa, Matthew J ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Carnivorans; Orbital convergence; Orbital frontation; Postorbital bar; Pteropodidae; Skull

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATION; VISION;

FELIDAE; HERPESTIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; PTEROPODIDAE;

EID: 0034055541     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836900003137     Document Type: Article

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