Tracing the ancestry of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, using morphometric analyses of fossil teeth

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 806-814

  Nyberg, Kevin G ^a,c   Ciampaglio, Charles N ^b   Wray, Gregory A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHARK; TOOTH;

CARCHARODON; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS;

EID: 33846069704     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[806:TTAOTG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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