Functional-adaptive anatomy of the axial skeleton of some extant marsupials and the paleobiology of the paleocene marsupials Mayulestes ferox and Pucadelphys andinus

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-300

  Argot, Christine ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Functional anatomy; Marsupial; Myology; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLAS; AXIS; BONE; CERVICAL SPINE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MARSUPIAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIB; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETON; SPINE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ATLAS; AXIS; BONE AND BONES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEAD; MARSUPIALIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PALEONTOLOGY; RIBS; SKELETON; SPINE;

DIDELPHIDAE; MAYULESTES; MAYULESTES FEROX; METATHERIA; PUCADELPHYS;

EID: 0037371716     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10062     Document Type: Article

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