Function of the mandibular tooth comb in living and extinct mammals
โ Scribed by Rose, Kenneth D.; Walker, Alan; Jacobs, Louis L.
- Book ID
- 109721986
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 847 KB
- Volume
- 289
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/289583a0
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