Craniofacial form and function in Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia): Modelling phenotypic evolution with maximum-likelihood methods

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 913-916

  Young, Mark T ^a   Bell, Mark A ^b   Brusatte, Stephen L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Form; Function; Metriorhynchidae; Phenotypic evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BROWNIAN MOTION; CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JURASSIC; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PISCIVORE; REPTILE; TOOTH;

EID: 82455175827     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0357     Document Type: Article

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