Body size evolution during the Triassic archosauriform radiation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 379, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 573-597

  Turner, Alan H ^a,c   Nesbitt, Sterling J ^b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; TRIASSIC;

EID: 84887529315     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP379.15     Document Type: Article

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