A new miocene odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan, and its implications for odobenid phylogeny

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 411-421

  Kohno, Naoki ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 33745617892     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[411:ANMOMC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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