A comparative study of the ocular skeleton of fossil and modern chondrichthyans

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 848-858

  Pilgrim, Brettney L ^a   Franz Odendaal, Tamara A ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthrodires; Bone; Cartilage; Chondrichthyes; Evolutionary developmental biology; Sclera; Scleral ossicles; Tesserae

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOSSIL ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK; SKELETON; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HYALINE CARTILAGE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SCLERA; SHARKS;

CHONDRICHTHYES; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); LAMNA NASUS; LAMNIDAE; MYA; NEVERITA DUPLICATA; PRIONACE GLAUCA; REPTILIA; SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 66449130932     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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