The origin of the dog-like borhyaenoid marsupials of South America

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6650, 1997, Pages 486-489

  De Muizon, Christian ^a   Cifelli, Richard L ^b   Paz, Ricardo Céspedes ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORHYAENOIDEA; EVOLUTION; MARSUPIAL; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; TERTIARY;

ARTICLE; DOG; EVOLUTION; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; DOGS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MARSUPIALIA; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; SKULL; SOUTH AMERICA;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030801238     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/39029     Document Type: Article

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