Taxonomic inflation and body mass distributions in North American fossil mammals

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 431-443

  Alroy, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Cenozoic; Fossil record; Mammalia; North America; Synonymy; Taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BODY MASS; CENOZOIC; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038240591     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0431:TIABMD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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