Functional-adaptive analysis of the postcranial skeleton of a Laventan borhyaenoid, Lycopsis longirostris (Marsupialia, Mammalia)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 689-708

  Argot, Christine ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; SKELETON;

LYCOPSIS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; SPARASSODONTA; THYLACINUS CYNOCEPHALUS;

EID: 5044226232     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0689:FAOTPS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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