Early mammals: Teeth, jaws and finally ... A skeleton!

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1998, Pages

  Rougier, Guillermo W ^a   Novacek, Michael J ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032499174     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70174-5     Document Type: Review

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