Testing a developmental model in the fossil record: Molar proportions in South American ungulates

Paleobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 308-321

  Wilson, Laura A B ^b   Madden, Richard H ^c   Kay, Richard F ^d   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RODENT; TAXONOMY; TOOTH; UNGULATE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ASTRAPOTHERIA; INTERATHERIIDAE; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; NOTOUNGULATA; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84859625516     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/11001.1     Document Type: Article

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