Ankle morphology of the earliest cetaceans and its implications for the phylogenetic relations among ungulates

Systematic Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-30

  Thewissen, J G M ^a   Madar, S I ^b  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Cetacea; Locomotion; Mesonychia; Ungulata

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; MESONYCHIA; UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CETACEA; CLASSIFICATION; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; JOINT; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; HINDLIMB; JOINTS; PHYLOGENY; RUMINANTS;

EID: 0033085011     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351599260418     Document Type: Article

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