• and late Native Americans and explanations for these based on either skull morphology or molecular genetics. Arguments based on molecular genetics have in...
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    Achelousaurus (section Skull)
    examined correlations between skull morphology, horn, and skin features of modern horned animals, and examined the skull of centrosaurine dinosaurs for...
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    and wider skulls, shorter snouts, and larger bodies relative to carnivorous and omnivorous reptiles. Increasing the strength of the skull allows for...
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    Kelenken (section Skull)
    because they were morphologically consistent with belonging to a large phorusrhacid. The specimen possessed the most complete skull of a large phorusrhacid...
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    topographic organization of skull profile in normal population and its implications on the role of sutures in skull morphology". J Craniofac Surg. 19 (1):...
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    of this skull allows for the establishment of primary osteological homologies, which are useful in comparative anatomy, functional morphology, and phylogenetic...
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    Velociraptor (section Skull)
    In a 2024 study by Tse, Miller, and Pittman et al., focusing on the skull morphology and bite forces of various dromaeosaurids, it was discovered that Velociraptor...
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  • skull and vertebra. Khinjaria was likely an apex predator in its environment, as its large body size, blade-like teeth, and unusual skull morphology would...
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    overall armour of rhomboid cosmin scales, the skull had a full cover of dermal bone, constituting a skull roof over the otherwise shark-like cartilaginous...
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    other crocodilians of comparable length. There appears to be varying skull morphology in this species depending on the age and particular individual animal...
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    separated from T. napu as its own species due to differences in skull morphology (skull measurements). Contrary to its common name, the Philippine mouse-deer...
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    (2015). "Evolutionary and biogeographical implications of variation in skull morphology of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides, Mammalia: Carnivora)" (PDF)...
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    Spinosaurus (section Skull)
    within Spinosaurus considers these differences in morphology to be indicative of variation in skull morphology within a single species, as is the case in Allosaurus...
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    formation of the Teratornithidae family, The T. merriami's hooked beak and skull morphology led to its initial placement in the family Vulturidae alongside New...
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    however, due to numerous differences from Tropidostoma in terms of skull morphology and size, it has been reclassified the earliest known member of the...
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    OCLC 62265494. Salles, L. O. (1992). "Felid phylogenetics: extant taxa and skull morphology (Felidae, Aeluroidea)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3047). Archived...
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    comparable to H. habilis than to later H. erectus. Morphological traits unifying all of the skulls, though the degree in which they are pronounced differ...
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    (2015). "Evolutionary and Biogeographical implications of variation in skull morphology of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides, Mammalia: Carnivora)". Biological...
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    paraphyletic group composed of all the early reptiles retaining the primitive skull morphology, grouped together by the absence of temporal openings. Gauthier, Kluge...
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    Halszkaraptor (section Skull)
    A 2024 study by Tse, Miller, and Pittman et al., focusing on the skull morphology and bite forces of various dromaeosaurids discovered that Halszkaraptor...
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    2018. Salles, L. O. (1992). "Felid phylogenetics: extant taxa and skull morphology (Felidae, Aeluroidea)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3047). Archived...
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  • feet, giving them a morphology similar to puppies as adults. In 2004, a study that used 310 wolf skulls and over 700 dog skulls representing 100 breeds...
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    Titanis (section Skull)
    other large, big-headed phorusrhacids. A 2020 study of phorusrhacid skull morphology by Degrange found that there were two main morphotypes within the group...
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    other large, big-headed phorusrhacids. A 2020 study of phorusrhacid skull morphology by Degrange found that there were two main morphotypes within the group...
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    it nonetheless possesses a unique mtDNA haplotype and a distinct skull morphology. It has been strictly protected in Italy since the 1970s, when the...
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    grouping has been revealed as incorrect. Rather, the similarities in skull morphology reflect convergent evolution to cope with the different challenges...
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    explained by simple allometry. Its evolution has caused changes in basal skull morphology, which may implicate that a tradeoff was made that compromised the...
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    Clutton-Brock, J.; Kitchener, A. C.; Lynch, J. M. (1994). "Changes in the skull morphology of the Arctic wolf, Canis lupus arctos, during the twentieth century"...
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    focusing on the skull morphology and bite forces of various dromaeosaurids discovered that Deinonychus, the largest taxon examined, had a skull that was well...
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    straight-tusked elephant (P. antiquus) as the same species due to their similar skull morphology. P. namadicus shares similarities to other species of Palaeoloxodon...
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