Do convergent ecomorphs evolve through convergent morphological pathways? Cranial shape evolution in fossil hyaenids and borophagine canids (Carnivora, Mammalia)

Paleobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 470-489

  Tseng, Zhijie Jack ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CANID; CARNIVORE; CENOZOIC; CLADISTICS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; OMNIVORY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RADIATION BALANCE; SPECIALIZATION;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; HYAENIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79958758643     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/10007.1     Document Type: Article

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