Extant and fossil Equus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) skulls: A morphometric definition of the subgenus Equus

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-100

  Eisenmann, Vera ^a   Baylac, Michel ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOSSIL; HORSE; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SKULL;

EID: 0034174412     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6409.2000.00034.x     Document Type: Article

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