Phylogeny and evolutionary history of the Aplodontoidea (Mammalia: Rodentia)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 769-838

  Hopkins, Samantha S B ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplodontia; Aplodontidae; Cladistics; Mylagaulidae; Paleontology; Parsimony; Protrogomorph; Systematics

Indexed keywords

APLODONTIA; APLODONTIA RUFA; APLODONTIDAE; APLODONTIIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYLAGAULIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 48349090144     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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