Rodents and lagomorphs (mammalia) from the late Clarendonian (miocene) Ash Hollow Formation, Brown County, Nebraska

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 299-348

  Korth, William W ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarendonian; Lagomorph; Rodent; Systematics

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

UNITED STATES;

LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032470179     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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