Eomyids (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Lake Oligocene of Enspel, Westerwald (West Germany);Eomyiden (Mammalia, Rodentia) aus dem Oberoligozan von Enspel im Westerwald (Westdeutschland)

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 483-493

  Engesser, Burkart ^a   Storch, Gerhard ^b  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enspel; Eomyidae; Gliding locomotion; Oligocene; Skeleton; Western Germany

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

GERMANY;

ANOMALURIDAE; EOMYIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYOXIDAE; PATAGIUM; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0033492769     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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