Morphology, paleontology, and placental mammal phylogeny

Systematic Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 311-317

  Asher, Robert J ^a   Geisler, Jonathan H ^b   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTHERIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MAMMALS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45849089241     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150802033022     Document Type: Review

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