On the cranial osteology of the yellow armadillo Euphractus sexcintus (Dasypodidae, Xenarthra, Placentalia)

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 117-196

  Wible, John R ^a   Gaudin, Timothy J ^b  

^a Section of Mammals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dasypodidae; Euphractus; Foramina; Osteology; Skull; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; OSTEOLOGY; SKULL;

ARMADILLO; BRADYPUS; BRADYPUS VARIEGATUS; BULLA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPUS; DASYPUS KAPPLERI; EDENTATA; EUPHRACTUS; EUPHRACTUS SEXCINCTUS; EUTHERIA; LEPTICTIDA; MALLEUS; TAMANDUA MEXICANA; TAMANDUA TETRADACTYLA;

EID: 10244230940     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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