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Figure 5

From: Impact of the terrestrial-aquatic transition on disparity and rates of evolution in the carnivoran skull

Figure 5

Morphological variation in carnivoran skulls. A-C: representatives of the three families of pinnipeds. D-F: Examples of shape variation within fissipeds. Note the enlarged nasal opening typical of positive PC1 scores, found in phocids, odobenids, and the fissiped otter. Dog and cat represent dolichocephalic and brachiocephalic extremes respectively, reflected by PC2 score.

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