Aeretes melanopterus (Pteromyinae, Rodentia) from Tianyuan Cave near Zhoukoudian (Choukoutien) in China

Geobios

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-230

  Tong, Haowen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aeretes melanopterus; Dental characters; Late Pleistocene; Tianyuan Cave; Zhoukoudian area

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; PLEISTOCENE; RODENT; TOOTH;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIANYUAN CAVE; ZHOUKOUDIAN;

AERETES MELANOPTERUS; PETAURISTA; PTEROMYINI; RODENTIA; TROGOPTERUS;

EID: 34147144709     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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