Proportions and function of the limbs of glyptodonts

Lethaia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-101

  Vizcaíno, Sergio F ^a   Blanco, R Ernesto ^b   Bender, J Benjamín ^c   Milne, Nick ^d  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BONE; LIMB; MAMMAL; PALEONTOLOGY;

ARMADILLO; CINGULATA; DASYPODIDAE; EDENTATA; MAMMALIA; XENARTHRA;

EID: 79551523741     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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