Cranial shape and correlated characters in crocodilian evolution

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1578-1596

  Sadleir, Rudyard W ^a,b   Makovicky, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character compatibility; Character correlation; Concentrated changes; Crocodylia

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; CROCODILIAN; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SHAPE; SPECIALIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); EUSUCHIA; GAVIALIS GANGETICUS; TOMISTOMA SCHLEGELII;

EID: 54049131303     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01602.x     Document Type: Article

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