Reappraisal of the tribosphenidan mammals from the Trinity Group (Aptian-Albian) of Texas and Oklahoma

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 441-462

  Davis, Brian M ^a   Cifelli, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deltatheroida; Early Cretaceous; Eutheria; Metatheria; Tribosphenida; Trinity Group

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

DELTATHEROIDA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; THERIA;

EID: 80053122018     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0037     Document Type: Article

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