Skeletal morphology and locomotor behavior of Pseudotomus eugenei (Rodentia, paramyinae) from the uinta formation, Utah

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 987-1006

  Dunn, Rachel H ^a   Tab Rasmussen, D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FOSSIL; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT; SKELETON;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

PARAMYINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 38149034233     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[987:SMALBO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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