First neogene marsupial from China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 179-181

  Storch, Gerhard ^a   Qiu, Zhuding ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MARSUPIAL; NEOGENE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

METATHERIA;

EID: 33747343692     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0179:FNMFC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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