Postcranial skeleton of the Miocene Marsupial Palaeothentes (Paucituberculata, Palaeothentidae): Paleobiology and phylogeny

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1515-1527

  Abello, María Alejandra ^a   Candela, Adriana Magdalena ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRANIUM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MARSUPIAL; MIOCENE; MUSCLE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA];

CAENOLESTES; CAENOLESTES FULIGINOSUS; DIDELPHIDAE; METACHIRUS NUDICAUDATUS; METATHERIA; PALAEOTHENTIDAE; PAUCITUBERCULATA;

EID: 77957792314     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.501437     Document Type: Article

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