Models in palaeontological functional analysis

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-122

  Anderson, Philip S L ^a   Bright, Jen A ^a   Gill, Pamela G ^a   Palmer, Colin ^a   Rayfield, Emily J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Feeding; Function; Locomotion; Palaeobiology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; LOCOMOTION; NEUROLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84856305559     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0674     Document Type: Article

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