Spiny Norman in the Garden of Eden? Dispersal and early biogeography of Placentalia

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-123

  Hunter, John P ^a,c   Janis, Christine M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dispersal; Eutheria; Phylogeny; Placentalia; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

AFROTHERIA; EDENTATA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; XENARTHRA;

EID: 33746292624     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-006-9006-6     Document Type: Article

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