Morphology and function of the hyoid apparatus of fossil xenarthrans (mammalia)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1119-1133

  Pérez, Leandro M ^a,b   Toledo, Néstor ^a,b   de Iuliis, Gerardo ^c,d   Susana Bargo, M ^a,e   Vizcaíno, Sergio F ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^c GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cingulates; Evolution; Function; Hyoid; Tardigrades

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HYOID BONE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; TONGUE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; HYOID BONE; MAMMALS; TONGUE;

DASYPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEGATHERIUM; NOTHROTHERIIDAE; SLOTHS; STYLOSANTHES GUIANENSIS; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 77955858945     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10859     Document Type: Article

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