A new bunoselenodont artiodactyl from the Middle Eocene of China and the early record of selenodont artiodactyls in Asia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 994-997

  Métais, Grégoire ^a   Qi, Tao ^b   Guo, Jianwei ^b   Beard, K Christopher ^a  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 32144445047     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0994:ANBAFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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