Vertebral osteology in Delphinidae (Cetacea)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 383-401

  Buchholtz, Emily A ^a   Schur, Stephanie A ^a,b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Evolution; Postcranium; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; FERESA; LAGENORHYNCHUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS; ORCINUS ORCA; PEPONOCEPHALA; PSEUDORCA; SKENEA;

EID: 1642363229     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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