Form and patterns of the external aspect of the brain and the superficial dural venous sinuses of the river dolphins (Cetacea: Odontoceti) from endocasts and their bearing on phylogenetic reconstruction

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-215

  Burrows, Anne M ^a   Smith, Timothy D ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Endocast; Inia; Lipotes; Platanista; Pontoporia; River dolphin

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; PHYLOGENETICS;

CETACEA; CONFLUENS; CRANIA; DELPHINIDAE; INIA; INIA GEOFFRENSIS; LIPOTES; LIPOTES VEXILLIFER; ODONTOCETI; PLATANISTA; PLATANISTIDAE; PONTOPORIA; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI;

EID: 28044454773     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2005)74[201:FAPOTE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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