The oldest record of South American bats

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 990-993

  Tejedor, Marcelo F ^a,b   Czaplewski, Nicholas J ^c   Goin, Francisco G ^b,d   Aragón, Eugenio ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

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EID: 32144456200     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0990:TOROSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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