Postcranial anatomy of viverravus (Mammalia, Carnivora) and implications for substrate use in basal Carnivora

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 422-435

  Heinrich, Ronald E ^a   Houde, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; EOCENE; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 33745611531     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[422:PAOVMC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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