Relationships of endemic African mammals and their fossil relatives based on morphological and molecular evidence

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 131-194

  Asher, Robert J ^a,c   Novacek, Michael J ^a   Geisler, Jonathan H ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afrotheria; Fossils; Golden moles; Insectivora; Lipotyphla; Phylogeny; Placentalia; Tenrecs

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOCHLORIDAE; DESMOSTYLIA; ELEPHANT; EMBRITHOPODA; EUTHERIA; HYOPSODUS; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA; MENISCOTHERIUM; PHENACODUS; PLESIORYCTEROPUS; TENRECIDAE;

EID: 3343014559     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025504124129     Document Type: Article

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