Insectivores, rodents, and carnivores of the toledo bend local fauna: An arikareean (earliest miocene) assemblage from the texas coastal plain

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 458-473

  Albright, L Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030487310     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011334     Document Type: Article

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