A new species of Gashternia (Marsupialia) from Itaborai (Brazil)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-313

  Goin, Francisco J ^a,b   Oliveira, Edison V ^a,c  

^a Museo de la Plata ^*

^b MUSEO DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Gashternia carioca sp. nov.; Gashterniidae; Itaboraian age; Marsupialia; Polydolopimorphia

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL RECORD; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

BRAZIL; ITABORAI; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

METATHERIA;

EID: 35649017600     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0245-0309     Document Type: Article

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