Cranial morphology in sabertooth cats: Allometry, Function and Phylogeny;Morfología craneana en tigres dientes de sable: Alometría, función y filogenia

Ameghiniana

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-256

  Prevosti, Francisco J ^a   Turazzini, Guillermo F ^a   Amelia Chemisquy, M ^b  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE BOTÁNICA DARWINION   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allometry; Carnivora; Comparative methods; Morphometries; Sabretooth tigers; Thylacosmilidae

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIUM; FELID; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENY; TOOTH;

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; FELINAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; NIMRAVIDAE; THYLACOSMILIDAE;

EID: 77956488671     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: 18518044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5710/amgh.v47i2.9     Document Type: Article

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