Observations on dental variation in Microtus from the Cudahy Ash Pit Fauna, Meade County, Kansas and implications for Irvingtonian microtine rodent biochronology

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 757-766

  Bell, Christopher J ^a   Repenning, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Denver Museum Natural History   (United States)

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EID: 0033268831     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1999.10011188     Document Type: Article

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