The evolution of cranial form and function in theropod dinosaurs: Insights from geometric morphometrics

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 365-377

  Brusatte, S L ^a,b   Sakamoto, M ^c   Montanari, S ^a   Harcourt Smith, W E H ^a,d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Dinosauria; Geometric morphometrics; Macroevolution; Mesozoic; Phylogenetic comparative methods; Phylogenetic eigenvector regression; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; DINOSAUR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; HABITAT TYPE; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKULL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; DINOSAURS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURUS;

EID: 84855860796     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02427.x     Document Type: Article

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