Redescription of dasypus punctatus lund, 1840 and considerations on the genus propraopus Ameghino, 1881 (Xenarthra, Cingulata)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 434-447

  Castro, Mariela C ^a   Ribeiro, Ana Maria ^b   Ferigolo, Jorge ^b   Langer, Max C ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b FUNDAÇÃO ZOOBOTÂNICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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ANATOMY; CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MAMMAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

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EID: 84878243885     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.729961     Document Type: Article

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