Skull Shape Evolution In Durophagous Carnivorans

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1975-1993

  Figueirido, Borja ^a   Tseng, Zhijie Jack ^b   Martín Serra, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivore; durophagy; evolutionary convergence; morphometrics; phenotype

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARNIVORE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION; GEOMETRY; MORPHOMETRY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SKULL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CARNIVORE; CLASSIFICATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DUROPHAGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

CARNIVORE; DUROPHAGY; EVOLUTIONARY CONVERGENCE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARNIVORA; FOSSILS; MANDIBLE; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA;

EID: 84879782953     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12059     Document Type: Article

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