The enamel microstructure of the early Eocene pantodont Coryphodon and the nature of the zigzag enamel

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 419-432

  Koenigswald, Wighart V ^a   Rose, Kenneth D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coryphodon; Enamel microstructure; Entelodon; Hunter Schreger bands; Uintatherium; Zigzag enamel

Indexed keywords

CROCUTA;

EID: 29744467485     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-005-6970-1     Document Type: Article

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