Quantitative comparison of ontogenetic and phylogenetic character changes in the synapsid mandible and auditory region

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 185-208

  Macrini, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory region; Character transformations; Mammalia; Mandible; Synapsida

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141478980     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022667116022     Document Type: Article

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