Anatomy and phylogenetic value of the mandibular and coronoid canals and their associated foramina in proboscideans (Mammalia)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 391-413

  Ferretti, Marco P ^a   Debruyne, Regis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elephantidae; Mammuthus; Mandible; Mental foramen; Proboscidea

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMALIA; MAMMUTHUS; MAMMUTHUS MERIDIONALIS; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; MAMMUTHUS TROGONTHERII; PHOSPHATHERIUM; PROBOSCIDEA (MAMMAL);

EID: 78751608978     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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