Comparative growth in the postnatal skull of the extant North American turtle Pseudemys texana (Testudinoidea: Emydidae)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-131

  Bever, Gabe S ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cranial morphology; Cryptodira; Intraspecific variation; Ontogeny; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIUM; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; JUVENILE; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; RECOGNITION; SKULL; TURTLE;

APALONE FEROX; CRYPTODIRA; EMYDIDAE; PSEUDEMYS TEXANA; REPTILIA; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINOIDEA;

EID: 40549083699     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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