A Cretaceous eutriconodont and integument evolution in early mammals

Nature

Volumn 526, Issue 7573, 2015, Pages 380-384

  Martin, Thomas ^a   Marugán Lobón, Jesús ^b,c   Vullo, Romain ^d   Martín Abad, Hugo ^a   Luo, Zhe Xi ^e   Buscalioni, Angela D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BONE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HISTORICAL RECORD; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PELAGE; SKIN; TOOTH;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; CRETACEOUS; EUTRICONODONTAN; EVOLUTION; EXTERNAL EAR; INTEGUMENT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN STRUCTURE; SPAIN; ABDOMEN; ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DIAPHRAGM; FOSSIL; HAIR; HISTORY; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MIDDLE EAR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETON; SKIN; SPINE; THORAX; TOOTH;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA;

ABDOMEN; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIAPHRAGM; EAR, MIDDLE; FOSSILS; HAIR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; SKIN; SPAIN; SPINE; THORAX; TOOTH;

EID: 84944321519     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14905     Document Type: Article

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