Digital cranial endocast of Pucadelphys andinus, a paleocene metatherian

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-107

  Macrini, Thomas E ^a,d   De Muizon, Christian ^b   Cifelli, Richard L ^c   Rowe, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Oklahoma Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; MAMMAL; PALEOCENE; SKULL;

DASYURUS HALLUCATUS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; DROMICIOPS GLIROIDES; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; PUCADELPHYS; VOMBATUS URSINUS;

EID: 34047195480     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[99:DCEOPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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