Evidence of a false thumb in a fossil carnivore clarifies the evolution of pandas

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 379-382

  Salesa, Manuel J ^a   Antón, Mauricio ^a   Peigné, Stéphane ^b   Morales, Jorge ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Ailuridae; Batallones 1; Convergence; Miocene; Simocyon

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; AILURUS FULGENS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CARPAL BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SESAMOID BONE; SIMOCYON BATALLERI;

ANIMALS; CARPAL BONES; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; URSIDAE;

AILURIDAE; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; AILURUS FULGENS; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31044434659     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0504899102     Document Type: Article

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