Eigenshape analysis of ammonoid sutures

Lethaia

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 266-277

  Ubukata, Takao ^a   Tanabe, Kazushige ^b   Shigeta, Yasunari ^c   Maeda, Haruyoshi ^d   Mapes, Royal H ^e  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; COORDINATE; CRETACEOUS; DEVONIAN; EIGENVALUE; MORPHOMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AMMONITIDA; AMMONITINA; AMMONOIDEA; CERATITIDA; LYTOCERATIDA; PHYLLOCERATIDA;

EID: 77953797213     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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