Stem lagomorpha and the antiquity of glires

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5712, 2005, Pages 1091-1094

  Asher, Robert J ^a   Meng, Jin ^b   Wible, John R ^c   McKenna, Malcolm C ^b,d   Rougier, Guillermo W ^e   Dashzeveg, Demberlyn ^f   Novacek, Michael J ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BONE; DEPOSITS;

EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; DENTITION; EOCENE; FOSSIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOMPHOS ELKEMA; HARE; JAW; LAGOMORPH; MONGOLIA; PALEOCENE; PHYLOGENY; PIKA; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RODENT; SKELETON;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOOT BONES; FOSSILS; JAW; LAGOMORPHA; LEG BONES; MAMMALS; MONGOLIA; PALEODONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA; SKULL; SPINE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; WORLD;

LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 13844316394     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1107808     Document Type: Article

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