An arboreal docodont from the jurassic and mammaliaform ecological diversification

Science

Volumn 347, Issue 6223, 2015, Pages 764-768

  Meng, Qing Jin ^a   Ji, Qiang ^b   Zhang, Yu Guang ^a   Liu, Di ^a   Grossnickle, David M ^c   Luo, Zhe Xi ^c,d  

^a Beijing Museum of Natural History   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DIET; JURASSIC; MAMMAL; NEW SPECIES; OMNIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

ADAPTATION; AGILODOCODON SCANSORIUS; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CLADISTICS; CLIMBING; DISTAL PHALANX; DOCODONTAN; ECOLOGY; EXTINCT SPECIES; FINGER; HERBIVORE; INCISOR; JAW; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAMMAL; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE JURASSIC; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SKELETON; SKULL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWIMMING; SYNAPOMORPHY; TONGUE; TOOTH CROWN; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIODIVERSITY; CANINE TOOTH; CLASSIFICATION; DENTITION; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

CHINA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CUSPID; DENTITION; FORELIMB; HERBIVORY; INCISOR; MAMMALS; MANDIBLE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84923096533     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1260879     Document Type: Article

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