A new species of the extinct vole Villanyia from Renzidong Cave, Anhui, East China, with discussion on related species from China and Transbaikalia

Quaternary International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 163-170

  Zhang, Yingqi ^a,b   Kawamura, Yoshinari ^c   Jin, Changzhu ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; RODENT; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; RENZIDONG; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TRANSBAIKALIA;

MURIDAE;

EID: 41049108820     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.031     Document Type: Article

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