Geometric morphometrics species discrimination within the genus Terebratula from the Late Cenozoic of Italy

Fossils and Strata

Volumn , Issue 54, 2008, Pages 209-217

  Ruggiero, Emma Taddei ^a   Raia, Pasquale ^a   Buono, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Morphometric analysis; Multivariate statistics; Shape variation; Terebratula

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956006707     PISSN: 03009491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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