Postcranial morphology of apheliscus and haplomylus (condylarthra, apheliscidae): evidence for a paleocene holarctic origin of macroscelidea

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402069963, 2008, Pages 73-106

  Penkrot, Tonya A ^a   Zack, Shawn P ^a   Rose, Kenneth D ^b   Bloch, Jonathan I ^c  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior tubercle; Deltopectoral crest; Distal humerus; Medial malleolus; Vertebrate paleontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914146566     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6997-0_5     Document Type: Chapter

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