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Body Size Reductions in Nonmammalian Eutheriodont Therapsids (Synapsida) during the End-Permian Mass Extinction
The extent to which mass extinctions influence body size evolution in major tetrapod clades is inadequately understood. For example, the ‘Lilliput effect,’ a common feature of mass extinctions, describes a temporary decrease in body sizes of survivor taxa in post-extinction faunas. However, its sign...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3911975/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24498335 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087553 |