New morganucodontans from an Early Jurassic fissure filling in Wales (United Kingdom)

Palaeontology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1139-1156

  Clemens, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Jurassic; Mammaliaformes; Morganucodonta; Systematics; Wales

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISSURE; JURASSIC; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

MAMMALIA; MAMMALIAFORMES; THERIA;

EID: 80052874704     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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