A Late Cretaceous taeniodont (Eutheria, Mammalia) from Alberta, Canada

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 393-420

  Fox, Richard C ^a   Naylor, Bruce G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Royal Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DENTITION; INSECTIVORE; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; RED DEER VALLEY;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; SCHOWALTERIA CLEMENSI;

EID: 1842539504     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/229/2003/393     Document Type: Article

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