Craniodental adaptations for digging in extinct burrowing beavers

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 254-268

  Samuels, Joshua X ^a   Valkenburgh, BlaireVan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BURROWING ORGANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; MORPHOMETRY; OLIGOCENE; RODENT;

CASTORIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 65349124121     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2009.10010376     Document Type: Article

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