Functional analysis of sabertooth cranial morphology

Paleobiology

Volumn 3, Issue , 1980, Pages 295-312

  Emerson, Sharon B ^a   Radinsky, Leonard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84972434084     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: 19385331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300006813     Document Type: Article

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