Long in the tooth: Evolution of sabertooth cat cranial shape

Paleobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 403-419

  Slater, Graham J ^a   van Valkenburgh, Blaire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRANIUM; FELID; MORPHOMETRY; TOOTH;

FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; NIMRAVIDAE;

EID: 50249187163     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/07061.1     Document Type: Article

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