Pyrotherium Macfaddeni, sp. Nov. (late Oligocene, Bolivia) and the pedal morphology of pyrotheres

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 481-488

  Shockey, Bruce J ^a,c   Anaya, Federico ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías   (Bolivia)

^c VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE;

BOLIVIA; LA PAZ [BOLIVIA]; SALLA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; EMBRITHOPODA; MAMMALIA; XENUNGULATA;

EID: 3142708141     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/2521     Document Type: Article

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