Limb-bone histology of temnospondyls: Implications for understanding the diversification of palaeoecologies and patterns of locomotion of Permo-Triassic tetrapods

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2076-2090

  Sanchez, S ^a,b,c   Germain, D ^d   De Ricqles A ^e   Abourachid, A ^c   Goussard, F ^c   Tafforeau, P ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Locomotion; Palaeoecologies; Palaeohistology; Radiation; Tetrapods

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AMPHIBIAN; ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; DIVERGENCE; EXTINCTION; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; TRIASSIC;

TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956569079     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02081.x     Document Type: Article

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