Hypsodonty and enamel microstructure in the Paleocene gondwanatherian mammal Sudamerica ameghinoi

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-300

  Koenigswald, Wighart V ^a   Goin, Francisco ^b   Pascual, Rosendo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Enamel islets; Enamel microstructure; Gondwanatheria; Hypsodonty; Multituberculata; Sudamerica

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; ENAMEL; PALEOCENE;

MULTITUBERCULATA; SUDAMERICA AMEGHINOI;

EID: 0033384794     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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