Marsupial skulls from the Deseadan (late Oligocene) of Bolivia and phylogenetic analysis of the Borhyaenoidea (Marsupialia, Mammalia)

Geobios

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 483-509

  De Muizon, Christian ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Borhyaenoidea; Ear region; Marsupialia; Phylogeny; Systematics

Indexed keywords

MARSUPIAL; OLIGOCENE; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

BOLIVIA; SALLA-LURIBAY;

ANDINODELPHYS; BORHYAENIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DELTATHEROIDA; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; DIDELPHIS; LYCOPSIS; MAMMALIA; MARSUPIALIA; MAYULESTES; METATHERIA; PUCADELPHYS; SALLACYON HOFFSTETTERI; SPARASSODONTA; STAGODONTIDAE; THERIA; THYLACOSMILIDAE;

EID: 0032709422     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-6995(99)80022-9     Document Type: Article

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