Morphospace occupation of temnospondyl growth series: A geometric morphometric approach

Alcheringa

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-255

  Witzmann, Florian ^a   Scholz, Henning ^a   Ruta, Marcello ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometrics; Heterochrony; Landmarks; Ontogeny; Skull shape; Temnospondyli

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; GEOMETRY; HETEROCHRONY (ONTOGENY); METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOMETRY; ONTOGENY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIBIA; BRANCHIOSAURIDAE; COCHLEOSAURUS BOHEMICUS; DISSOROPHOIDEA; ERYOPIDAE; TEMNOSPONDYLI;

EID: 70349748410     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510903043606     Document Type: Article

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