Analysis of function in the absence of extant functional homologues: A case study using mesotheriid notoungulates (Mammalia)

Paleobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-247

  Shockey, Bruce J ^a   Croft, Darin A ^b   Anaya Daza, Federico ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRANIUM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEONTOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKELETON; UNGULATE;

MAMMALIA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE; NOTOUNGULATA; VOMBATIDAE;

EID: 34347331355     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/05052.1     Document Type: Article

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