Ancestral state reconstruction of body size in the Caniformia (Carnivora, mammalia): The effects of incorporating data from the fossil record

Systematic Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 301-313

  Finarelli, John A ^a,b   Flynn, John J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral state reconstruction; Arctoidea; Body size; Caniformia; Carnivora; Evolutionary trends; Musteloidea; Weighted squared change parsimony

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORA; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORA; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS;

EID: 33744986519     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150500541698     Document Type: Article

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