Variation, Variability, and the Origin of the Avian Endocranium: Insights from the Anatomy of Alioramus altai (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea)

Gabe S. Bever; Stephen L. Brusatte; Amy M. Balanoff; Mark A. Norell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023393

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Variation, Variability, and the Origin of the Avian Endocranium: Insights from the Anatomy of Alioramus altai (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea)

Gabe S. Bever ,

* E-mail: gbever@nyit.edu

Current address: Department of Anatomy, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America
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Stephen L. Brusatte,

Affiliations Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Amy M. Balanoff,

Affiliations Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Mark A. Norell

Affiliation Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America
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Variation, Variability, and the Origin of the Avian Endocranium: Insights from the Anatomy of Alioramus altai (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea)

Gabe S. Bever,
Stephen L. Brusatte,
Amy M. Balanoff,
Mark A. Norell

Published: August 10, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023393

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"zones of variability", homoplasy or simply ontogenetic stage?

Posted by HGdS on 12 Aug 2011 at 23:07 GMT

This article presents evidence of a character-state that originated as a late-ontogenetic-stage transformation subsequently becoming a from-the-start character-state.

Was there any need to discuss "zones of variability", high levels of variability and high levels of homoplasy?

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Variation, Variability, and the Origin of the Avian Endocranium: Insights from the Anatomy of Alioramus altai (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea)

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"zones of variability", homoplasy or simply ontogenetic stage?

Posted by HGdS on 12 Aug 2011 at 23:07 GMT