A new early eocene arctostylopid (Arctostylopida, Mammalia) from the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 553-558

  Wang, Yuan Qing ^a   Meng, Jin ^b   Ni, Xi Jun ^a   Beard, K Christopher ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MAMMAL; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; ERLIAN BASIN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

ARCTOSTYLOPIDA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 47249086829     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[553:ANEEAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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