Phylogenetic status of the irrawaddy dolphin Orcaella brevirostris(owen in gray): A cladistic analysis

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-185

  Arnold, Peter W ^a   Heinsohn, George E ^b  

^a Museum of Tropical Queensland   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Facial anatomy; Neoteny; Orcaella; Periotic bone; Tympanic bone; celacea

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844557158     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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