A new species of Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) in the Mio-Pliocene of northern Chad

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-131

  Lehmann, Thomas ^a   Vignaud, Patrick ^a   Likius, Andossa ^b   Brunet, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

Author keywords

Africa; Eurasia; Palaeogeographical relationships; Phylogeny; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTEROPODIDAE; ORYCTEROPUS ABUNDULAFUS; ORYCTEROPUS AFER; ORYCTEROPUS GAUDRYI; TUBULIDENTATA;

EID: 13244286637     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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