Skeletons of terrestrial cetaceans and the relationship of whales to artiodactyls

Nature

Volumn 413, Issue 6853, 2001, Pages 277-281

  Thewissen, J G M ^a   Williams, E M ^a   Roe, L J ^b   Hussain, S T ^c  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS;

FOSSILS; MAMMALS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

CETACEAN; EOCENE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; SKELETON; WHALE;

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASHORE; SKELETON; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CETACEA; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; WHALES;

ARTIODACTYLA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DIGENEA (FLUKES); HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; MAMMALIA; MESONYCHIA; PHOCOENIDAE; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035921959     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35095005     Document Type: Review

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