Allometry of the bones of living and extinct armadillos (Xenarthra, Dasypoda)

Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 65-70

  Farina R A ^a   Vizcaino S F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

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