Mandibular form and function in North American and European Adapidae and Omomyidae

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-190

  Ravosa, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; NORTH AMERICA; PRIMATES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ADAPIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; MAMMALIA; OMOMYIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0030221464     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199608)229:2<171::AID-JMOR3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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