A new apheliscine "condylarth" mammal from the late paleocene of Montana and Alberta and the phylogeny of "hyopsodontis"

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 809-830

  Zack, Shawn P ^a   Penkrot, Tonya A ^a   Krause, David W ^b   Maas, Mary C ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

"Condylarthra"; Apheliscidae; Hyopsodontidae; Mammalia; N. America; Paleocene; Tiffanian

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; NEW GENUS; PALEOCENE; PHYLOGENY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONDYLARTHRA; HYSTRIX (MAMMAL); MAMMALIA;

EID: 29144443062     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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