A new docodont mammal from the Late Jurrasic of the Junggar Basin in Northwest China

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 799-808

  Pfretzschner, Hans Ulrich ^a   Martin, Thomas ^b   Maisch, Michael W ^a   Matzke, Andreas T ^c   Sun, Ge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Docodonta; Dsungarodon; Junggar Basin; Jurrasic; Occlusion; Qigu formation

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; MAMMAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

DOCODONTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 29144527606     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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