Postcranial functional adaptations in the south american miocene borhyaenoids (mammalia, metatheria): Cladosictis, pseudonotictis and sipalocyon

Alcheringa

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-356

  Argot, Christine ^a,b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Inst F Spezielle Zool und E   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Borhyaenoids; Extant models; Functional analysis; Metatheria; Miocene; Santa Cruz Formation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MAMMAL;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EIRA BARBARA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MARTES AMERICANA; METATHERIA; SPARASSODONTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242542553     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510308619110     Document Type: Article

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