Australian Oligo-Miocene Mystacinids (Microchiroptera): Upper dentition, new taxa and divergence of New Zealand species

Geobios

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-352

  Hand, Suzanne ^a   Archer, Michael ^a   Godthelp, Henk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chiroptera; Gondwana; Mystacinidae; New Zealand; Oligo Miocene

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL; MIOCENE; NEW TAXON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

ICAROPS AENAE; ICAROPS PARADOX; MICROCHIROPTERA; MYSTACINID;

EID: 20444457903     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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