A Chinese triconodont mammal and mosaic evolution of the mammalian skeleton

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6725, 1999, Pages 326-330

  Ji, Qiang ^a,b   Luo, Zhexi ^c   Ji, Shu An ^a  

^a Geological Museum of China   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MAMMAL; SKELETON;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HINDLIMB; MAMMAL; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; SKELETON;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PROTOTHERIA; THERIA;

EID: 0033602379     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18665     Document Type: Article

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