Parallel evolutionary trajectories underlie the origin of giant suspension-feeding whales and bony fishes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1730, 2012, Pages 944-951

  Friedman, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Convergent evolution; Filter feeding; Mysticeti; Planktivory; Stem teleost

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANATOMY; BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDER; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTIVORY; TAXONOMY; TELEOST; TOOTH; WHALE;

ACTINOPTERYGII; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; MYSTICETI; OSTEICHTHYES; PACHYCORMIFORMES; PISCES; POSIDONIA; RHINCODONTIDAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856306143     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1381     Document Type: Article

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