The shape of the mandibular corpus in large fissiped carnivores: Allometry, function and phylogeny

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 832-845

  Meloro, Carlo ^a,c   Raia, Pasquale ^a   Piras, Paolo ^b   Barbera, Carmela ^a   O'Higgins, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caniformia; Carnivora; Feliformia; Geometric morphometrics; Mandible; Phylogenetic generalized least square

Indexed keywords

CANIFORMIA; CARNIVORA; FELIFORMIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 56849132086     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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