Earliest hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus (Mephitidae, Carnivora), from the early Pliocene of Guanajuato, Mexico and origin of South American skunks

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 386-407

  Wang, Xiaoming ^a,b   Carranza Castañeda, Óscar ^c  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Mammalia; Mexico; North America; Pliocene; South America; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; CONEPATUS; CONEPATUS LEUCONOTUS; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; SUIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 52949147104     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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