Evidence of early evolution of Australidelphia (Metatheria, Mammalia) in South America: Phylogenetic relationships of the metatherians from the Late Palaeocene of Itaboraí (Brazil) based on teeth and petrosal bones

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 746-784

  Ladevèze, Sandrine ^a   De Muizon, Christian ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Basicranium; Early Tertiary; Morphometry; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIMORPHIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PAUCITUBERCULATA;

EID: 77954369561     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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