Osteoderm histology of late pleistocene cingulates from the intertropical region of Brazil

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 543-552

  Da Costa Pereira, Paulo Victor Luiz Gomes ^a   Victer, Gustavo Duarte ^a   De Oliveira Porpino, Kleberson ^b   Bergqvist, Lílian Paglarelli ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Intertropical Region; Cingulata; Glyptodontidae; Mammalia; osteoderms; Pachyarmatherium; paleohistology; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

BONE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLEISTOCENE;

BRAZIL;

CINGULATA; GLYPTODONTIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84913587667     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0117     Document Type: Article

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