Does skull morphology constrain bone ornamentation? A morphometric analysis in the Crocodylia.

Volume: 229, Issue: 2, Pages: 292 - 301
Published: Apr 7, 2016
Abstract
Previous quantitative assessments of the crocodylians' dermal bone ornamentation (this ornamentation consists of pits and ridges) has shown that bone sculpture results in a gain in area that differs between anatomical regions: it tends to be higher on the skull table than on the snout. Therefore, a comparative phylogenetic analysis within 17 adult crocodylian specimens representative of the morphological diversity of the 24 extant species has...
Paper Details
Title
Does skull morphology constrain bone ornamentation? A morphometric analysis in the Crocodylia.
Published Date
Apr 7, 2016
Volume
229
Issue
2
Pages
292 - 301
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