Mammal disparity decreases during the Cretaceous angiosperm radiation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1771, 2013, Pages

  Grossnickle, David M ^a   David Polly, P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Functional morphology; Geometric morphometrics; Mandibles; Mesozoic mammals; Morphological disparity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CRETACEOUS; DENTAL HEALTH; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INSECTIVORE; MESOZOIC; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; JAW; MAMMAL; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FOSSILS; JAW; MAMMALS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

EID: 84902654917     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2110     Document Type: Article

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