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Nocturnal dinosaurs, again: the strength of discriminant analysis in quantitative paleobiology
More on nocturnal dinosaurs, or, importantly, on our quantitative approach to infer ecology and behavior in fossil vertebrates. Hall et al.’s technical comment provided us with the opportunity to further explain the strength of our approach. Schmitz, L. & R. … Continue reading
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Tagged cathemeral, dinosaurs, discriminant analysis, diurnal, ecomorphology, eye shape, nocturnal, paleobiology, pFDA, phylogenetic discriminant analysis, sensitivity, vision
Velociraptor is watching you
Just a quick note. Following three weeks after online publication, the paper on nocturnality in dinosaurs is now published in print, as well: Schmitz, L. & R. Motani (2011). Nocturnality in dinosaurs inferred from scleral ring and orbit morphology. Science, … Continue reading
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Nocturnal dinosaurs
Nocturnal dinosaurs. Wait a second! Is that right? Nocturnal (= night-active) dinosaurs? Yes, indeed. Contrary to what was commonly believed, many dinosaurs were nocturnal. We have to change our perception of the dinosaur era. All details about methods, results, and … Continue reading
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Tagged dinosaurs, diurnal, eye shape, nocturnal, scleral rings, sensitivity, vision
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The eyes have it!
My goal is to develop this blog into an interesting resource for anyone who is interested in the evolution of eyes. In my own research I mostly focus on morphological evolution of vertebrate eyes, including reef fish, mammals, lizards, plus … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, dinosaurs, eye evolution, lizards, mammals, reef fish, vision
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