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Macroevolutionary ecomorphology of the Carnivora skull: adaptations and constraints in the extant species

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Meloro, Carlo, Tamagnini, Davide (2022): Macroevolutionary ecomorphology of the Carnivora skull: adaptations and constraints in the extant species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196 (3): 1054-1068, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab075, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/196/3/1054/6377629

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