Do phalangeriforms (Marsupialia: Diprotodontia) have a 'hypocone'?

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 461-467

  Sanchez Vittagra M R ^a   Kay, R F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEBIDAE; DIPROTODONTIA; EUTHERIA; INSECTIVORA; METATHERIA; PRIMATES; PSEUDOCHEIRUS; SAIMIRI; TRICHOSURUS;

EID: 0030466039     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/zo9960461     Document Type: Article

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