3D analysis of vertebral morphology in Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli): An example of habitat driven morphology-functional adaptation

• Main Authors: Marchesi, María Constanza, Zaffino, Martina, Coscarella, Mariano Alberto, Gonzalez-Jose, Rolando
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Evolutionary Science of Montpellier
• Subjects: 3D GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS; VERTEBRAL MORPHOLOGY; COLUMN STABILITY; DALL'S PORPOISE; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Marchesi; Lagenorhynchus cruciger
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/177474

Particular vertebral morphologies have been reported for coastal and oceanic cetaceans. Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli ) vertebral column is considered one of the most derived among cetaceans. Total vertebral count exceeds greatly that of any other porpoise species, having strongly compres...