Referral of Miacis jepseni Guthrie to Oodectes Wortman, and an assessment of phylogenetic relationships among early Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora)

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1172-1178

  Heinrich, Ronald E ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MAMMALIA; MIACIDAE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0031422397     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000036106     Document Type: Article

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