Early Cretaceous amphilestid ('triconodont') mammals from Mongolia

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 413-438

  Kielan Jaworowska, Zofia ^a   Dashzeveg, Demberlyin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

'Triconodonts'; Amphilestidae; Cretaceous; Early Cretaceous; Ku ehneotheriidae; Mammalia; Mongolia; Paleontology

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEONTOLOGY;

MONGOLIA;

AMPHILESTIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032466348     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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