The Oldest Platypus and Its Bearing on Divergence Timing of the Platypus and Echidna Clades
The Oldest Platypus and Its Bearing on Divergence Timing of the Platypus and Echidna Clades
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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English
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Monotremes have left a poor fossil record, and paleontology has been virtually mute during two decades of discussion about molecular clock estimates of the timing of divergence between the platypus and echidna clades. We describe evidence from high-resolution x-ray computed tomography indicating that Teinolophos, an Early Cretaceous fossil from Aus...
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The Oldest Platypus and Its Bearing on Divergence Timing of the Platypus and Echidna Clades
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_201410326
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_201410326
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.0706385105
