The utility of cranial ontogeny for phylogenetic inference: A case study in crocodylians using geometric morphometrics

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1078-1092

  Watanabe, A ^a,c   Slice, D E ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Crocodylia; Geometric morphometrics; Ontogeny; Phylogenetic signal

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; GENETIC VARIATION; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; RELATEDNESS; REPTILE; SIGNALING;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; CROCODILIAN; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; SKULL;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

EID: 84901641007     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12382     Document Type: Article

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