Hyaenodon chunkhtensis and the hyaenodontid fauna from the upper Eocene Ergilin DZO formation of Mongolia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 559-564

  Tsubamoto, Takehisa ^a   Watabe, Mahito ^a   Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav ^b  

^a HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE; FAUNA; MAMMAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

HYAENODON; HYAENODONTIDAE;

EID: 47249125303     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[559:HCATHF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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