Juvenile cranial anatomy of Nimravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora): Biological and phylogenetic implications

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 477-493

  Peigné, Stephane ^a   De Bonis, Louis ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Hoplophoneini; Muscular reconstruction; Oligocene; Ontogeny; Palaeogene; Phosphorites of Quercy; Sabretoothed adaptation

Indexed keywords

BARBOUROFELIS; CARNIVORA; CRANIA; MAMMALIA; NIMRAVIDAE;

EID: 0042069719     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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