Evidence for a mid-Jurassic adaptive radiation in mammals

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 2137-2142

  Close, Roger A ^a   Friedman, Matt ^a   Lloyd, Graeme T ^b   Benson, Roger B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; THERIA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84939575071     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: 18790445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.047     Document Type: Article

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