The earliest known eutherian mammal

Nature

Volumn 416, Issue 6883, 2002, Pages 816-822

  Ji, Qiang ^a   Luo, Zhe Xi ^b   Yuan, Chong Xi ^a   Wible, John R ^b   Zhang, Jian Ping ^c   Georgi, Justin A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; SHALE;

SKELETON;

BIODIVERSITY;

CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; TREE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOT BONES; FOSSILS; HOOF AND CLAW; LOCOMOTION; MAMMALS; MANDIBLE; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; SKELETON; SKULL; TOOTH;

CHINA;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037171792     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/416816a     Document Type: Article

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