Dental occlusal surface area in relation to body mass, food habits and other biological features in fossil xenarthrans

Ameghiniana

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-26

  Vizcaíno, Sergio F ^a,b   Bargo, M Susana ^a,c   Cassini, Guillermo H ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Body mass; Dental Occlusal Surface Area; Diet; Mammalia; Physiology; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CENOZOIC; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

CINGULATA; EDENTATA; MAMMALIA; MEGATHERIUM AMERICANUM; MYLODONTIDAE; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 33646461905     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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