Hypsodonty in the Pleistocene ground sloth Megalonyx: Closing the "diastema" of data

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-158

  Fields, Steven E ^a,b  

^a Culture and Heritage Museums of York County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MEGALONYCHIDAE; SLOTHS;

EID: 65749086484     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0116     Document Type: Article

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