New species of Batodonoides (Lipotyphla, Geolabididae) from the early eocene of Wyoming: Smallest known mammal?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 804-827

  Bloch, Jonathan I ^a   Rose, Kenneth D ^b   Gingerich, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Batodonoides vanhouteni; Body mass; Eocene; Lipotyphla; Proteutheria; Tooth eruption

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001183626     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383090     Document Type: Article

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