Key innovations in ruminant evolution: A paleontological perspective

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 412-433

  DeMiguel, Daniel ^a   Azanza, Beatriz ^b   Morales, Jorge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Climate change; Cranial appendages; Diversity; Hypsodonty

Indexed keywords

ANTILOCAPRIDAE; ARTIODACTYLA; RUMINANTIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HORN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RUMINANT; SKULL; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; FOSSILS; HORNS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RUMINANTS; SKULL; TOOTH;

EID: 84928989277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12080     Document Type: Review

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