Septa and processes: convergent evolution of the orbit in haplorhine primates and strigiform birds

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 672-687

  Menegaz, Rachel A ^a   Christopher Kirk, E ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Orbit orientation; Owls; Postorbital process; Postorbital septum

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; HOMOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PREDATION; PRIMATE; RAPTOR;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 70450225252     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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