An unusual diatomyid rodent from an infrequently sampled late Miocene interval in the Siwaliks of Pakistan

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Flynn, Lawrence J ^a   Morgan, Michèle E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ctenodactyloid rodents; Diatomyidae; Faunal composition; Miocene; Pakistan; Siwaliks

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FALLOMUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 27544432734     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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