Possible persistence of the morganucodontans in the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group (Dorset, England)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-145

  Butler, P M ^a   Sigogneau Russell, D ^b   Ensom, P C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Croquet Gardens ^*  (France)

^c Croquet Gardens   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eutriconodonta; Lower Cretaceous; Mammalian teeth; Morganucodonta; Purbeck Limestone Group

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CRETACEOUS; MAMMAL; MESOZOIC; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOOTH;

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EUTRICONODONTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 82455162409     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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