New Palaeothentid marsupial from the middle Miocene of Bolivia

Palaeontology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 307-315

  Goin, Francisco J ^a   Sanchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^b   Kay, Richard F ^c   Anaya Daza, Federico ^d   Takai, Masanaru ^e  

^a MUSEO DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías   (Bolivia)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Bolivia; Caenolestidae; Marsupialia; Miocene; Palaeothentidae

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; MARSUPIAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

BOLIVIA;

ACDESTIS MADDENI; CAENOLESTIDAE; MARSUPIALIA; METATHERIA; PALAEOTHENTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037881903     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2003.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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