An Expanded Combined Evidence Approach to the Gavialis Problem Using Geometric Morphometric Data from Crocodylian Braincases and Eustachian Systems

Maria Eugenia Leone Gold; Christopher A. Brochu; Mark A. Norell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105793

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An Expanded Combined Evidence Approach to the Gavialis Problem Using Geometric Morphometric Data from Crocodylian Braincases and Eustachian Systems

Maria Eugenia Leone Gold ,

* E-mail: egold@amnh.org

Affiliations Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America
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Christopher A. Brochu,

Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Mark A. Norell

Affiliations Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America
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An Expanded Combined Evidence Approach to the Gavialis Problem Using Geometric Morphometric Data from Crocodylian Braincases and Eustachian Systems

Maria Eugenia Leone Gold,
Christopher A. Brochu,
Mark A. Norell

Published: September 8, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105793

About the Authors

Maria Eugenia Leone Gold

* E-mail: egold@amnh.org

Affiliations Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Christopher A. Brochu

Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Mark A. Norell

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MELG CAB MAN. Performed the experiments: MELG. Analyzed the data: MELG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MELG CAB MAN. Wrote the paper: MELG CAB MAN.

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