Is solid always best? Cranial performance in solid and fenestrated caecilian skulls

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 833-844

  Kleinteich, Thomas ^a,b   Maddin, Hillary C ^c   Herzen, Julia ^d   Beckmann, Felix ^d   Summers, Adam P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D surface manipulation; Amphibian origin; Burrowing; Caecilian; Skull evolution

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA;

EID: 84857539756     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.065979     Document Type: Article

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