Ossified meniscus and cyamo-fabella in some fossil sloths: A morpho-functional interpretation

Geobios

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 389-394

  Salas, Rodolfo ^a,b   Pujos, François ^b,c   de Muizon, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^b UMIFRE 17 CNRS MAEDI USR3337 Amérique Latine Projet de Recherche Tambo Colorado   (Peru)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Functional anatomy; Knee joint; Megatheriidae; Mylodontidae; Nothrotheriidae; Ossified meniscus; Sesamoid bones

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION;

EDENTATA; NOTHROTHERIIDAE; THALASSOCNUS NATANS;

EID: 20444455831     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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