This research was supported by a Graduate Student Research Grant from Rackham Graduate School and an N.Gary Lane Award from the Paleontological Society to B.W.
The mammalian family Bovidae has been widely studied in ecomorphological research,with important applications to paleoecological and paleohabitat reconstructions.Most studies of bovid craniomandibular features in rela...
Funding for this study was provided by the Brazilian Coordination for Higher Education Personnel Training(CAPES:Coordenacao de Aperfeic¸oamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Superior)for providing C.C.C.M.with a doctoral research scholarship(this study was financed in part by CAPES—Finance Code 001).The Rio de Janeiro State Research Foundation(FAPERJ:Fundacao Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo aPesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)provided C.C.C.M.with a grant(DSC-10 process E_01/201.955/2017);supported the research of M.A.S.A.(CNE processes E-26/203191/2015,E-26/202.835/2018);The Brazilian National Research Council(CNPq:Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientıfico e Tecnologico)provided M.A.S.A.with a research fellowship(PQ processes 305798/2014-6,306.579/2018-9).
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