Rapid action in the Palaeogene, the relationship between phenotypic and taxonomic diversification in Coenozoic mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1750, 2013, Pages

  Raia, P ^a   Carotenuto, F ^a   Passaro, F ^a   Piras, P ^b   Fulgione, D ^a   Werdelin, L ^c   Saarinen, J ^d   Fortelius, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptive zones; Coenozoic; Mammals; Net diversification rate; Phenotypic evolutionary rate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOGENE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84869753091     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2244     Document Type: Article

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