Patterns in the evolution of nares size and secondary palate length in anomodont therapsids (Synapsida): Implications for hypoxia as a cause of end-permian tetrapod extinctions

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 528-542

  Angielczyk, Kenneth D ^a   Walsh, Melony L ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIVERGENCE; EXTINCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; HYPOXIA; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN; PERMIAN; REPTILE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TRIASSIC;

SYNAPSIDA; TETRAPODA; THERAPSIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44349152316     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/07-051.1     Document Type: Article

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