Lower jaw of the early paleocene mammal alveugena and its interpretation as a transitional fossil

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1217-1225

  Rook, Deborah L ^a,e   Hunter, John P ^b   Pearson, Dean A ^c   Bercovici, Antoine ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pioneer Trails Regional Museum   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveugena; Cimolesta; Cimolestidae; Phylogeny; Taeniodonta

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BODY MASS; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; PALEOCENE; PALEOGENE; PALYNOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ALVEUGENA; CIMOLESTES; CIMOLESTIDAE; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; ONYCHODECTES; PROCERBERUS; TAENIODONTA;

EID: 78149442379     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/10-054.1     Document Type: Article

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