A new species of Karydomys (Rodentia, Mammalia) and a systematic re-evaluation of this rare eurasian miocene hamster

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1387-1405

  Mörs, Thomas ^a   Kalthoff, Daniela C ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Cricetidae; Democricetodontinae; Enamel microstructure; Germany; Hambach; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

CRICETINAE; DEMOCRICETODONTINAE; KARYDOMYS; KARYDOMYS WIGHARTI; KARYDOMYS ZAPFEI; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 10244261510     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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