New stratigraphic data from the Erlian Basin: Implications for the division, correlation, and definition of paleogene lithological units in Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia)

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3570, 2007, Pages 1-31

  Meng, Jin ^a   Wang, Yuanqing ^b   Ni, Xijun ^b   Beard, K Christopher ^c   Sun, Chengkai ^b,d   Li, Qian ^b   Jin, Xun ^b   Bai, Bin ^b,e  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^d Shandong Museum   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 34948866377     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)526[1:nsdfte]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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