Tribosphenic mammal from the North American Early Cretaceous

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6751, 1999, Pages 363-366

  Cifelli, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAMMAL; NEW SPECIES;

ARTICLE; ASIA; MAMMAL; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOMETRICS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0033598433     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43861     Document Type: Article

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