Evolutionary morphology of the coelurosaurian arctometatarsus: Descriptive, morphometric and phylogenetic approaches

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 525-553

  Snively, Eric ^a   Russell, Anthony P ^a   Powell, G Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution; Metatarsus; Principal component analysis; Selection; Theropoda; Tyrannosauridae

Indexed keywords

COELUROSAURIA; DEINONYCHUS; ORNITHOMIMIDAE; ORNITHOMIMOSAURIA; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE;

EID: 11344274738     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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