Multivariate stasis in the dental morphology of the Paleocene-Eocene condylarth Ectocion

Paleobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 248-260

  Wood, Aaron R ^a   Zelditch, Miriam L ^a   Rountrey, Adam N ^a   Eiting, Thomas P ^a   Sheets, H David ^b   Gingerich, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIGHORN BASIN; CLARKS FORK BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34347244852     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/06048.1     Document Type: Article

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