Ecomorphology of North American eocene carnivores: Evidence for competition between carnivorans and creodonts

Carnivoran Evolution: New Views on Phylogeny, Form, and Function

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 311-341

  Friscia, Anthony R ^a   Van Valkenburgh, Blaire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139193436.012     Document Type: Chapter

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