The external nasal cartilages in Chiroptera: Significance for intraordinal relationships

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-201

  Göbbel, Luminita ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; External nasal cartilages; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000835281     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009436419637     Document Type: Article

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