"South American" marsupials from the Late Cretaceous of North America and the origin of marsupial cohorts

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 223-255

  Case, Judd A ^a   Goin, Francisco J ^b   Woodburne, Michael O ^c  

^a PO Box 4507   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c Museum Northern Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Ameridelphia; biogeography; Didelphimorphia; Judithian; Lancian; marsupial phylogeny; Polydolopimorphia

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIMORPHIA; DINOSAURIA; HENOPHIDIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 8544264639     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOMM.0000047339.39630.82     Document Type: Article

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