Late Miocene Promephitis (Carnivora, Mephitidae) from China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 721-731

  Wang, Xiaoming ^a,b   Qiu, Zhanxiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MIOCENE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; TAKIFUGU; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 5044224303     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0721:LMPCMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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