New ceratomorph perissodactyls (Mammalia) from the middle and late Eocene of Mongolia: Their implications for phylogeny and dating

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-138

  Dashzeveg, D ^a   Hooker, J J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deperetellidae; Rhinocerotoids; Rhodopagidae; Tapiroids

Indexed keywords

CERATOMORPHA; DEPERETELLIDAE; HYRACODONTIDAE; LOPHIALETES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031537407     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01275.x     Document Type: Article

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