Review of the Miocene long-snouted dolphin Priscodelphinus cristatus du Bus, 1872 (Cetacea, Odontoceti) and phylogeny among eurhinodelphinids

Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre

Volumn 75, Issue , 2005, Pages 211-235

  Lambert, Olivier ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eurhinodelphinidae; Evolutionary trends; Phytogeny; Taxonomy; Xiphiacetus cristatus

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DOLPHIN; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; OLIGOCENE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ANTWERP [ANTWERP (PRV)]; ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

CETACEA; ODONTOCETI;

EID: 33749397227     PISSN: 03746291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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