Trophic convergence drives morphological convergence in marine tetrapods

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kelley, Neil P ^a,b   Motani, Ryosuke ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Feeding adaptation; Functional morphology; Marine mammal; Marine reptile

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONVERGENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MAMMAL; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; TETRAPOD; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CETACEA; DIET; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; SKULL; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CETACEA; DIET; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; SKULL; TOOTH;

EID: 84927764448     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0709     Document Type: Article

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