Revised age of the salla beds, Bolivia, and its bearing on the age of the deseadan South American land mammal “age”

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 189-199

  Kay, Richard F ^a   Macfadden, Bruce J ^b   Madden, Richard H ^a   Sandeman, Hamish ^c   Anaya, Federico ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Museo Nacional de Historia Natural   (Bolivia)

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EID: 0032381345     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1998.10011043     Document Type: Article

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