A new, unusual castorid (rodentia) from the earliest miocene of Nebraska

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 667-675

  Korth, William W ^a   Rybczynski, Natalia ^b,c  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; RODENT;

UNITED STATES;

CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTORIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242627312     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/2371     Document Type: Article

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