Morphology of the anterior vertebral region in elasmobranchs: Special focus, Squatiniformes

Fossil Record

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-140

  Claeson, Kerin M ^a,c   Hilger, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Extinct; Functional morphology; Hypnosqualea; Ontogeny; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868216157     PISSN: 10533389     EISSN: 18601014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmng.201100003     Document Type: Article

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