A new species of Prosansanosmilus: Implications for the systematic relationships of the family Barbourofelidae new rank (Carnivora, Mammalia)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-61

  Morlo, Michael ^a   Peigné, Stéphane ^b   Nagel, Doris ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c Inst fur Palaontologie der Univ W   (Austria)

Author keywords

Felidae; Germany; Miocene; MN 5; Nimravidae; Palaeobiogeography; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; NIMRAVIDAE; PEREGRINUS;

EID: 0942302246     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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