Ontogenetic and stratigraphic influence on observed phenotypic integration in the limb skeleton of a fossil tetrapod

Paleobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-134

  Maxwell, Erin E ^a   Dececchi, T Alexander ^b  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPTILE; SKELETON;

STENOPTERYGIUS; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872149523     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373-39.1.123     Document Type: Article

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