Review of the monotreme fossil record and comparison of palaeontological and molecular data

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 927-942

  Musser, A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echidna; Evolution; Gondwana; Mesozoic mammals; Monotreme; Platypus; Prototheria

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRETACEOUS; DIETARY INTAKE; ECHIDNA; EDENTULOUSNESS; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; HYPOTHESIS; JURASSIC; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MESOZOIC; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONOTREMATE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLATYPUS; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; REPTILE; SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TERTIARY; TOOTH; TRIASSIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; PROTOTHERIA; STEROPODON GALMANI; TACHYGLOSSIDAE; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS; THERIA; VICTORIA; ZAGLOSSUS;

EID: 0344868503     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00275-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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