Updating and recoding enamel microstructure in mesozoic mammals: In search of discrete characters for phylogenetic reconstruction

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 433-460

  Wood, Craig B ^a   Rougier, Guillermo W ^b  

^a PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Enamel microstructure; Mesozoic mammals; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; OBDURODON; ORNITHORHYNCHUS; THERIA;

EID: 29744450316     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-005-6971-0     Document Type: Article

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