An exceptional specimen of cimexomys judithae (mammalia: Multituberculata) from the campanian two medicine formation of montana, and the phylogenetic status of cimexomys

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 333-340

  Montellano, Marisol ^a   Weil, Anne ^b   Clemens, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034560924     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0333:AESOCJ]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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