The multi-peak adaptive landscape of crocodylomorph body size evolution

The multi-peak adaptive landscape of crocodylomorph body size evolution

Abstract Background Little is known about the long-term patterns of body size evolution in Crocodylomorpha, the > 200-million-year-old group that includes living crocodylians and their extinct relatives. Extant crocodylians are mostly large-bodied (3–7 m) predators. However, extinct crocodylomorp...

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Main Authors: Pedro L. Godoy, Roger B. J. Benson, Mario Bronzati, Richard J. Butler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Crocodylomorpha
Crocodyliformes
Body size evolution
Adaptive landscape
Phylogenetic comparative methods
Ornstein–Uhlenbeck models
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1466-4

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