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November 11, 2025Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical SocietyOpen Access

New perspectives on head and neck allometry and ecomorphology in tetrapods

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AMAlice E. MaherPCPhilip G. CoxTMThomas W. Maddox

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Overview

New analysis uncovers allometric patterns in tetrapod head and neck sizes, suggesting implications for feeding ecology and body size relationships.

Key Points

  • Different metrics yield distinct allometric relationships for skull and neck size across tetrapods.
  • Quantitative analysis shows consistent negative allometry in skull size while revealing varied patterns in neck size.
  • Phylogenetically informed approaches utilized on a dataset of over 400 three-dimensional digital skeletons.
  • The findings highlight the need for careful metric selection in comparative ecological analyses.

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Maher et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69252ea3c0ce034ddc3568cehttps://doi.org/10.1111/brv.70099
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