A new Early Oligocene peradectine marsupial (Mammalia)from the Burqin region of Xinjiang, China

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-241

  Ni, Xijun ^a,b   Meng, Jin ^b   Wu, Wenyu ^a   Ye, Jie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; MARSUPIAL; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; DEVELOPMENT; JUNGGAROPERADECTES BURQINENSIS; MARSUPIAL; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; MARSUPIALIA; PALEONTOLOGY;

ASIA; BURQIN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 33847126118     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0182-2     Document Type: Article

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