Selected features of the desmostylian skeleton and their phylogenetic implications. American Museum novitates ; no. 2870

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dc.contributor.authorNovacek, Michael J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWyss, André R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T18:08:35Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T18:08:35Z
dc.date.issued1987en_US
dc.description8 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 7-8).en_US
dc.description.abstract"According to several standard descriptions, desmostylians lack certain specializations shared by proboscideans, sirenians, and hyracoids. These specializations are amastoidy and the serial arrangement of the carpals with the concomitant loss of contact between the lunar and unciform. We argue that original descriptions of desmostylians pertaining to these traits are either in error, or have alternative phylogenetic implications. Hence, comparisons of these conditions do not exclude desmostylians from the superordinal group Tethytheria (proboscideans and sirenians) or the more inclusive Paenungulata (tethytheres and hyracoids)"--P. [1].en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5190
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 2870en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.2870, 1987en_US
dc.subject.lcshDesmostylia.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSkeleton.en_US
dc.subject.lcshMammals -- Phylogeny.en_US
dc.subject.lcshMammals, Fossil.en_US
dc.titleSelected features of the desmostylian skeleton and their phylogenetic implications. American Museum novitates ; no. 2870en_US
dc.title.alternativeDesmostylian skeletonen_US
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