The oldest african molossid bat cranium (chiroptera: Molossidae)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 380-387

  Arroyo Cabrales, Joaquin ^a,b   Gregorin, Renato ^c,d   Schlitter, Duane A ^e   Walker, Alan ^f  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d CEP 04299 970 ^*  (Brazil)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; CRANIUM; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

KENYA;

CHIROPTERA; MOLOSSIDAE; TADARIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035982872     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0380:TOAMBC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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