A large carnivorous mammal from the Late Cretaceous and the North American origin of marsupials

Marsupial mammal relatives (stem metatherians) from the Mesozoic Era (252–66 million years ago) are mostly known from isolated teeth and fragmentary jaws. Here we report on the first near-complete skull remains of a North American Late Cretaceous metatherian, the stagodontid Didelphodon vorax. Our p...

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Autores principales: Wilson, Gregory P., Ekdale, Eric G., Hoganson, John W., Calede, Jonathan J., Vander Linden, Abby
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27929063
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13734

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27929063
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13734

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