Major mammalian clades: A review under consideration of molecular and palaeontological evidence

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-15

  Helgen, Kristofer M ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convergence; Disparity; Diversity; Eutherian; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037286424     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-1610057     Document Type: Review

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