A Middle Jurassic mammal from Madagascar

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6748, 1999, Pages 57-60

  Flynn, John J ^a   Parrish, J Michael ^b   Rakotosamimanana, Berthe ^d   Simpson, William F ^a   Wyss, André R ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; MAMMAL;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MADAGASCAR; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MADAGASCAR;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0033517362     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43420     Document Type: Article

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