Superiority, competition, and opportunism in the evolutionary radiation of dinosaurs.
The rise and diversification of the dinosaurs in the Late Triassic, from 230 to 200 million years ago, is a classic example of an evolutionary radiation with supposed competitive replacement. A comparison of evolutionary rates and morphological disparity of basal dinosaurs and their chief "comp...
Main Authors: | , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2008
|