Osteology of Lophiodon Cuvier, 1822 (mammalia, perissodactyla) and its phylogenetic implications

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 212-230

  Holbrook, Luke T ^a,b,c  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DENTITION; EOCENE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; UNGULATE;

EURASIA;

CERATOMORPHA; EQUIDAE; LOPHIODONTIDAE; MAMMALIA; PALAEOTHERIIDAE; PERISSODACTYLA;

EID: 65349179576     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0117     Document Type: Article

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