Intra-specific variation and allometry of the skull of Late Cretaceous side-necked turtle Bauruemys elegans (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) and how to deal with morphometric data in fossil vertebrates

Background Previous quantitative studies on Bauruemys elegans (Suárez, 1969) shell variation, as well as the taphonomic interpretation of its type locality, have suggested that all specimens collected in this locality may have belonged to the same population. We rely on this hypothesis in a morphome...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Thiago F. Mariani, Pedro S.R. Romano
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2017-04-01
Subjects:	Morphometry Ontogeny Pelomedusoides Bauru group Testudines Principal components analysis
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/2890.pdf