Skull Morphology of the Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis) and the Problem of Hyrax Origins

Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal

Volumn , Issue 3, 1998, Pages 109-110

  Kondrashov, P E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bones; Channels; Evolution; Foramen; Hyrax; Origin; Petrosum; Skull morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842636267     PISSN: 0031031X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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