Morphospace occupation in thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs: Skull shape variation, species delineation and temporal patterns

Palaeontology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1057-1097

  Pierce, Stephanie E ^a,b   Angielczyk, Kenneth D ^c   Rayfield, Emily J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity; Metriorhynchidae; Morphometrics; Phylogeny; Shape; Skull; Teleosauridae

Indexed keywords

CALLOVIAN; CROCODILIAN; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLOMORPHA; METRIORHYNCHIDAE; TELEOSAURIDAE; THALATTOSUCHIA;

EID: 70350020424     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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