Ecological correlates of ghost lineages in ruminants

Paleobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-111

  Cantalapiedra, Juan L ^a   Fernández, Manuel Hernández ^b   Alcalde, Gema M ^a   Azanza, Beatriz ^d   DeMiguel, Daniel ^c   Morales, Jorge ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CLADISTICS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRESERVATION; RANGE SIZE; RUMINANT; TAXONOMY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

BOVIDAE; CETARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84855519127     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/09069.1     Document Type: Article

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