Discovery of Deseaden fossils in the upper Moquegua Formation (late Oligocene - ?Early Miocene) of southern Peru

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 205-208

  Shockey, Bruce J ^a   Salas, Rodolfo ^b   Quispe, Rossana ^c   Flores, Alexander ^c   Sargis, Eric J ^d   Acosta, Jorge ^c   Pino, Adan ^c   Jarica, Nestor J ^c   Urbina, Mario ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL JORGE BASADRE GROHMANN   (Peru)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646429224     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[205:DODFIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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