New Didymoconidae (Mammalia) from the Oligocene of Central Mongolia and first information on the tooth eruption sequence of the family

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 123-144

  Morlo, Michael ^a   Nagel, Doris ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Palaontologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; MAMMAL; NEW GENUS; NEW TAXON; OLIGOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; TOOTH;

MONGOLIA;

DIDYMOCONIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042919454     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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