Zaraalestes russelli, a new Tupaiodontine Erinaceid (Mammalia, Lipotyphla) from the Middle Eocene of Mongolia

Geobios

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 437-445

  Storch, Gerhard ^a   Dashzeveg, Demberelyin ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Erinaceidae; Mammals; Middle Eocene; Mongolia; New Taxa; Tupaiodontinae

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; ERINACEID; INSECTIVORE; MAMMAL; TUPAIODONTINAE; ZARAALESTES RUSSELLI;

MONGOLIA, GOBI DESERT, MERGEN; MONGOLIA, GOBI DESERT, TSAGAN TSAV;

EID: 0031473388     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(97)80205-7     Document Type: Article

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