Anatomy of the postcranial skeleton of "mlacis" uintensis (Mammalia: Carnivoramorpha)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1212-1223

  Spaulding, Michelle ^a,b   Flynn, John J ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; CRANIUM; FOSSIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MIACIDAE; MIACIS;

EID: 75449085114     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0408     Document Type: Article

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