The rostra1 nasal skeleton of hystricognath rodents: Evidence on their phylogenetic relationships

Zoosystematics and Evolution

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-35

  Mess, Andrea ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hystricognathi; Morphology; Nasal skeleton; Octodon degus; Ontogeny; Petromus typicus; Phylogeny; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070133461     PISSN: 14351935     EISSN: 18600743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.19990750104     Document Type: Article

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