The oldest cenozoic mammal?

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 456-459

  Fox, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035982877     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0456:TOCM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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