The Gavialis-Tomistoma debate: The contribution of skull ontogenetic allometry and growth trajectories to the study of crocodylian relationships

Evolution and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 568-579

  Piras, Paolo ^a,b   Colangelo, Paolo ^c   Adams, Dean C ^d   Buscalioni, Angela ^e   Cubo, Jorge ^f   Kotsakis, Tassos ^a,b   Meloro, Carlo ^g   Raia, Pasquale ^b,h  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Center for Evolutionary Ecology   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; CROCODILIAN; DATA SET; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS ACUTUS; GAVIALIS; TOMISTOMA;

EID: 78049478604     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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