The mid-tertiary ctenodactylidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) of eastern and central Asia

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 234, 1997, Pages 1-86

  Wang, Banyue ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

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CTENODACTYLIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

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