Fig. 1: Shape and functional morphospace occupation of early Mesozoic herbivores.
From: Niche partitioning shaped herbivore macroevolution through the early Mesozoic
a Shape morphospace based on geometric morphometric data. b–i Contour plot of (interpolated) functional character data mapped onto shape morphospace. Increasing magnitude of functional character values indicated by colour gradient from dark to light (scale varies across characters). j Functional morphospace based on the above functional characters. Misc., Miscellaneous pseudosuchians. MA, Mechanical advantage. Asterisk indicates tooth row length or length of the mandibular functional surface. N = 136 taxa. All silhouettes created by S.S., but some are vectorised from artwork by Felipe Alves Elias (https://www.paleozoobr.com/) and Jeff Martz (United States National Park Service), available for academic use with attribution.
