Cranial anatomy and relationships of a new Ctenodactyloid (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the early Eocene of Hubei Province, China

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-150

  Wible, John R ^a   Wang, Yuanqing ^b   Li, Chuankui ^b   Dawson, Mary R ^c  

^a Section of Mammals   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c Section of Vertebrate Paleontology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial morphology; Ctenodactyloid; Early Eocene; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WORLD;

COCOMYIDAE; CTENODACTYLIDAE; MAMMALIA; PARAMYINAE; RODENTIA; SCIURAVIDA;

EID: 24044477286     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2005)74[91:CAAROA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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