On the skull of Radinskya (Mammalia) and its phylogenetic position

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1203-1215

  Holbrook, Luke T ^a,b,c  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL; TAXONOMY; UNGULATE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84910595345     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.854249     Document Type: Article

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