Cope's rule and Romer's theory: Patterns of diversity and gigantism in eurypterids and Palaeozoic vertebrates

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-269

  Lamsdell, James C ^a   Braddy, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Cope's rule; Eurypterida; Extinction; Gigantism; Romer's theory

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BODY SIZE; CARBONIFEROUS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEVONIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTINCTION; PERMIAN; PERSISTENCE; SILURIAN; VERTEBRATE;

ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; EURYPTERIDA; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); PLACODERMI; PTERYGOTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77951434326     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0700     Document Type: Article

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