No evidence for an afrotherian-like delayed dental eruption in South American notoungulates

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 509-517

  Billet, Guillaume ^a   Martin, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantogenata; Growth; Ontogeny; Phylogeny; Placental

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOSSIL RECORD; GROWTH; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; SKULL; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; SOUTH AMERICA; TOOTH ERUPTION;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; SKULL; SOUTH AMERICA; TOOTH ERUPTION;

AFROTHERIA; EUTHERIA; NOTOUNGULATA; UNGULATA;

EID: 79959869879     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0795-y     Document Type: Article

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