A new species of the genus Microbunodon (Anthracotheriidae, Artiodactyla) from the Miocene of Pakistan: Genus revision, phylogenetic relationships and palaeobiogeography

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-115

  Lihoreau, Fabrice ^a   Blondel, Cécile ^a   Barry, John ^b   Brunet, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACOTHERIIDAE; ANTHRACOTHERIUM; ARTIODACTYLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1542349083     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2004.00139.x     Document Type: Review

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