Studying function and behavior in the fossil record

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Benton, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LIVING FOSSIL; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; STOMACH CONTENT; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOSSIL; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 77950561697     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000321     Document Type: Article

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