Late miocene carnivora from chad: Lutrinae (mustelidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 793-846

  Peigné, Stéphane ^a,b   De Bonis, Louis ^a   Likius, Andossa ^c   MacKaye, Hassane Taïsso ^c   Vignaud, Patrick ^a   Brunet, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

Author keywords

Africa; Aquatic adaptation; Sivaonyx; Systematics

Indexed keywords

AONYX; CARNIVORA; LUTRINAE; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 41649102463     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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