The skull of Microtia, an extinct burrowing murine rodent of the late Neogene Gargano palaeoisland

Lethaia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-100

  Parra, Virginie ^a   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^a   Bocherens, Hervé ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Gargano; Insular evolution; Microtia; Neogene; Paleodiet; Rodent; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIET; EVOLUTION; NEOGENE;

ITALY;

ARVICOLINAE; MICROTIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033390330     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1999.tb00526.x     Document Type: Article

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