A new genus of beaver (Mammalia: Castoridae: Rodentia) from the Arikareean (Oligocene) of Montana and its bearing on castorid phylogeny

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-179

  Korth, William W ^a,b  

^a Section of Vertebrate Paleontology

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTORID; MAMMAL; OLIGOCENE; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; SYSTEMATICS;

USA, MONTANA;

EID: 0030466565     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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