Late to the table: Diversification of tetrapod mandibular biomechanics lagged behind the evolution of terrestriality

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-208

  Anderson, Philip S L ^a   Friedman, Matt ^b   Ruta, Marcello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84880903067     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ict006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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