A new early Tertiary mammalian fauna from Turkey and its paleobiogeographic significance

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 592-595

  Kappelman, J ^a   Maas, M C ^b   Sen, S ^c   Alpagut, B ^d   Fortelius, M ^e   Lunkka, J P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Geological Museum   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 21444436464     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011345     Document Type: Article

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