A new stephanodont Murinae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the early Pleistocene of Thailand and the age and place of the Rattus adaptive radiation in South East Asia;Un Murinae stéphanodonte nouveau (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Pléistocène inférieur de Thaïlande et l'âge et le lieu de la radiation adaptative du groupe Rattus en Asie du Sud-Est

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-162

  Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^a   Suteethorn, Varavudh ^a   Triamwichanon, Somchai ^a   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Thailand)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Early Pleistocene; Evolution; Muridae; Rattus; Thailand

Indexed keywords

MURINAE; NEW GENUS; PLEISTOCENE; RATTUS; STEPHANODONT;

THAILAND;

EID: 0029751223     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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