Piggyback whorls: A new theoretical morphologic model reveals constructional linkages among morphological characters in ammonoids

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-128

  Ubukata, Takao ^a   Tanabe, Kazushige ^b   Shigeta, Yasunari ^c   Maeda, Haruyoshi ^d   Mapes, Royal H ^e  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonoids; Constructional linkage; Cross sectional shape; Morphological diversity; Morphospace; Theoretical morphology

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AMMONITE; BIOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; SHELL;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 40349102239     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2008.0108     Document Type: Article

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