Reconstructing Body Size in Extinct Crown Cetacea (Neoceti) Using Allometry, Phylogenetic Methods and Tests from the Fossil Record

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-288

  Pyenson, Nicholas D ^a,b   Sponberg, Simon N ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Cetacea; Fossil record; Independent contrasts; Partial least squares

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; CRANIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80054114078     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-011-9170-1     Document Type: Article

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