Fossils and living taxa agree on patterns of body mass evolution: A case study with Afrotheria

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1821, 2015, Pages

  Puttick, Mark N ^a   Thomas, Gavin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afrotheria; Ancestral size reconstruction; Body mass; Evolution; Fossil; Macroevolution

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BODY MASS; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RECONSTRUCTION;

AFROTHERIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMALIA; PAENUNGULATA; SORICIDAE; TUBULIDENTATA;

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84951841079     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2023     Document Type: Article

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