Femur of a monotreme (Mammalia, Monotremata) from the Early Paleocene Salamanca Formation of Patagonia, Argentina

Ameghiniana

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 625-630

  Forasiepi, Analía M ^a   Martinelli, Agustín G ^a  

^a Seccion Paleontologia Vertebrados   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; MAMMAL; PALEOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842763578     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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