Functional-adaptive anatomy of the forelimb in the didelphidae, and the paleobiology of the paleocene Marsupials Mayulestes ferox and Pucadelphys andinus

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-79

  Argot, Christine ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Arboreality; Functional anatomy; Marsupial; Myology

Indexed keywords

CALUROMYS PHILANDER; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; MAMMALIA; MARMOSA MURINA; MAYULESTES; MAYULESTES FEROX; METACHIRUS NUDICAUDATUS; METATHERIA; MICOUREUS DEMERARAE; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS BREVICAUDATA; MURINA; PHILANDER; PUCADELPHYS; PUCADELPHYS ANDINUS; SPARASSODONTA;

EID: 0035128496     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4687(200101)247:1<51::aid-jmor1003>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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