A Mesozoic gliding mammal from northeastern China

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7121, 2006, Pages 889-893

  Meng, Jin ^a,b   Hu, Yaoming ^b,c   Wang, Yuanqing ^b   Wang, Xiaolin ^b   Li, Chuankui ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; FLIGHT; GLIDING; INSECTIVORE; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHINA; DENTITION; FEMUR HEAD; FLYING; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; LOCOMOTION; MESOZOIC; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PATAGIUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845874885     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05234     Document Type: Article

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