Djadochtatheria - A new suborder of multituberculate mammals

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-242

  Kielan Jaworowska, Zofia ^a   Hurum, Jørn H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Djadochtatherium; Kamptobaatar; Kryptobaatar; Late Cretaceous; Mongolia; Multituberculata; Nessovbaatar; Sloanbaatar

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DJADOCHTATHERIUM; KAMPTOBAATAR; KYPTOBAATAR; MULTITUBERCULATE; NESSOVBAATAR; SLOANBAATAR;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0031464142     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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