Major events of Paleogene mammal radiation in China

Geological Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 415-430

  Wang, Yuanqing ^a   Meng, Jin ^b   Ni, Xijun ^a   Li, Chuankui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Mammals; Paleogene; Radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENDEMISM; EVOLUTION; FAUNA; MAMMAL; PALEOGENE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ARTIODACTYLA; CREODONTA; DINOCERATA; GLIRES; MAMMALIA; PANTODONTA; PERISSODACTYLA; RODENTIA; TILLODONTIA;

EID: 34347331068     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1083     Document Type: Article

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