The mammal fauna in the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota: Implications for diversity and biology of Mesozoic mammals

Geological Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 439-463

  Meng, Jin ^a   Hu, Yaoming ^a,b   Li, Chuankui ^b   Wang, Yuanqing ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cretaceous; Dentition; Eutriconodontans; Jehol Biota; Mammals

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DENTITION; FAUNA; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON; SKULL;

EUTHERIA; GOBICONODONTIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 33749406951     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1054     Document Type: Article

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