Functional anatomy and biomechanics of the postcranial skeleton of Simocyon batalleri (Viret, 1929) (Carnivora, Ailuridae) from the Late Miocene of Spain

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 593-621

  Salesa, Manuel J ^a   AntÓn, Mauricio ^a   PeignÉ, Stéphane ^b   Morales, Jorge ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Batallones 1; Locomotion; Palaeoecology; Red panda; Vallesian

Indexed keywords

AILURIDAE; AILURUS FULGENS; CARNIVORA; VALLESIA;

EID: 40249094743     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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