Heterochronic evolution of gigantism in the Cretaceous alligatoroid Deinosuchus

Abstract

Peer reviewed

Gregory M Erickson and Christopher A Brochu

Journal of vertebrate paleontology, Vol.18(3), p.40

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology fifty-eighth annual meeting

09/15/1998

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Archosauria

armor

biologic evolution

Cenozoic

Chordata

Cretaceous

Deinosuchus

Diapsida

extremities

gigantism

growth rates

Holocene

living taxa

Mesozoic

modern analogs

North America

ontogeny

phylogeny

Quaternary

Reptilia

scutes

Tetrapoda

Upper Cretaceous

Vertebrata

Vertebrate paleontology

Title: Subtitle: Heterochronic evolution of gigantism in the Cretaceous alligatoroid Deinosuchus
Creators: Gregory M Erickson - Stanford University
Christopher A Brochu - Field Museum of Natural History
Contributors: J. Michael Parrish (Editor) - Northern Illinois University
Resource Type: Abstract
Publication Details: Journal of vertebrate paleontology, Vol.18(3), p.40
Conference: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology fifty-eighth annual meeting
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
ISSN: 0272-4634
eISSN: 1937-2809
Alternative title: Abstracts of papers; fifty-eighth annual meeting; Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Language: English
Date published: 09/15/1998
Academic Unit: Earth and Environmental Sciences; University College Courses
Record Identifier: 9984240804502771

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