Adaptive zones and the pinniped ankle: A three-dimensional quantitative analysis of carnivoran tarsal evolution

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402069963, 2008, Pages 167-196

  Polly, P David ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive zone; Calcaneal process; Common ancestry; Shape space; Terminal taxon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974576805     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6997-0_9     Document Type: Chapter

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