Phylogeny of the large extinct South American Canids (Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae) using a "total evidence" approach

Cladistics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 456-481

  Prevosti, Francisco J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS DIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; THERIODICTIS; UROCYON;

EID: 77956408961     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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