New cranial material of simocyon from china, and its implications for phylogenetic relationship to the red panda (ailurus)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 184-198

  Wang, Xiaoming ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 0031476116     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1997.10010963     Document Type: Article

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