Phylogenetic analyses of postcranial skeletal morphology in didelphid marsupials

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 320, 2009, Pages 1-81

  Flores, David A ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

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Indexed keywords

CHIRONECTES; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; HYLADELPHYS; LUTREOLINA; MARMOSA; MARMOSOPS; METACHIRUS; METACHIRUS NUDICAUDATUS; METATHERIA; MICOUREUS; MONODELPHIS; PHILANDER; THYLAMYS; TLACUATZIN CANESCENS;

EID: 65649122196     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/320.1     Document Type: Article

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