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Theoretical Morphology: The Concept and its Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2017

George R. McGhee Jr.
George R. McGhee Jr.*
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Wright Geological Laboratory, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
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Two quite different conceptual areas are understood today under the umbrella term of theoretical morphology: (1) the mathematical simulation of form, and (2) the analysis of the possible spectra of form via hypothetical morphospace construction. The second concept follows from the first, but has quite different goals.

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Short Courses in Paleontology , Volume 4: Analytical Paleobiology , 1991 , pp. 87 - 102
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Copyright © 1991 Paleontological Society 

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