The ancestors of the lemmings (Lemmini, Arvicolinae, Cricetidae, Rodentia) in the early Pliocene of Wolfersheim near Frankfurt am Main; Germany

Senckenbergiana Lethaea

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 161-193

  Fejfar, Oldřich ^a   Repenning, Charles A ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRICETID; MAMMAL; PLIOCENE; RODENT;

GERMANY;

ARVICOLINAE; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MAMMUT; MICTOMYS; MIMOMYS; RODENTIA; SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS; TAPIRUS; ZANCLEA;

EID: 0031765338     PISSN: 00372110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043739     Document Type: Article

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