Functional adaptations of the postcranial skeleton of two Miocene borhyaenoids (Mammalia, Metatheria), Borhyaena and Prothylacinus, from South America

Palaeontology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1213-1267

  Argot, Christine ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Functional analysis; Metatheria; Miocene; South America

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; SKELETON;

SOUTH AMERICA;

BORHYAENA; BORHYAENA TUBERATA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PROTHYLACINUS; PROTHYLACINUS PATAGONICUS; SPARASSODONTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344111518     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0031-0239.2003.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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