Comparative Anatomy of the Shoulder Region in the Late Miocene Amphicyonid Magericyon anceps (Carnivora): Functional and Paleoecological Inferences

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 243-258

  Siliceo, Gema ^a   Salesa, Manuel J ^a   Antón, Mauricio ^a   Pastor, Juan F ^b   Morales, Jorge ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphicyonidae; Anatomy; Carnivora; Locomotion; Magericyon anceps; Miocene; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

AMPHICYONIDAE; CARNIVORA; VALLESIA;

EID: 85027953984     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-014-9270-9     Document Type: Article

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