New studies of enamel microstructure in Mesozoic mammals: a review of enamel prisms as a mammalian synapomorphy

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-213

  Wood, C B ^a   Dumont, E R ^b   Crompton, A W ^c  

^a PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enamel microstructure; Mammalian synapomorphy; Mesozoic mammals; Prismatic enamel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000069631     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020624222324     Document Type: Article

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