Glires (mammalia) from the late Paleocene Bayan Ulan locality of inner Mongolia

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3473, 2005, Pages 1-25

  Meng, Jin ^a   Wyss, André R ^b   Hu, Yaoming ^a,c,d   Wang, Yuanqing ^c   Bowen, Gabriel J ^e,f   Koch, Paul L ^e  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 33746265574     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)473[0001:GMFTLP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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