An Early Cretaceous mammal from the Kuwajima Formation (Tetori Group), Japan, and a reassessment of triconodont phylogeny

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-115

  Rougier, Guillermo W ^a   Isaji, Shinji ^b   Manabe, Makoto ^c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dentition; Japan; Mammals; Phylogeny; Tetori; Triconodonts

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; DENTITION; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

AMPHILESTIDAE; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; SYMMETRODONTA; THERIA; TRICONODONTA;

EID: 34548175538     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2007)76[73:AECMFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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