Description of a new late Miocene American badger (Taxidiinae) utilizing high-resolution X-ray computed tomography

Palaeontology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 999-1011

  Owen, Pamela R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Badger; Computed tomography; Ecomorphology; Miocene; Mustelid; Taxidiinae

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; MUSTELID; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TAXIDEA; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE; TAXUS;

EID: 33748349039     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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