Dental and mandibular morphologies of Arboroharamiya (Haramiyida, Mammalia): A comparison with other haramiyidans and Megaconus and implications for mammalian evolution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Meng, Jin ^a,b   Bi, Shundong ^b,c   Wang, Yuanqing ^b   Zheng, Xiaoting ^d,e   Wang, Xiaoli ^d,e  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Tianyu Natural Museum of Shandong   (China)

^e LINYI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARBOROHARAMIYA; ARTICLE; DENTITION; INCISOR; MAMMAL; MANDIBLE; MEGACONUS; MIDDLE EAR; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREMOLAR TOOTH; TOOTH; TOOTH OCCLUSION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MAMMALS; MANDIBLE; TOOTH;

EID: 84916920054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113847     Document Type: Article

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