Complex body size trends in the evolution of sloths (Xenarthra: Pilosa)

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Raj Pant, Sara ^a   Goswami, Anjali ^a   Finarelli, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ancestral character state reconstruction; Evolutionary rates; Fossils; Mammalia

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; RECONSTRUCTION;

MAMMALIA; SLOTHS; XENARTHRA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLOTH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; FOSSILS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SLOTHS;

EID: 84907005886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0184-1     Document Type: Article

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