The braincase of two Late Cretaceous Asian multituberculates studied by serial sections

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-52

  Hurum, Jørn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Braincase structure; Cavum epiptericum; Cretaceous; Djadochtatheria; Mammalia; Mongolia; Multituberculata; Sphenoid complex

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MULTITUBERCULATA;

EID: 0031853785     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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