Mammals from the Allen Formation, Late Cretaceous, Argentina

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 223-238

  Rougier, Guillermo W ^a   Chornogubsky, Laura ^b   Casadio, Silvio ^c   Arango, Natalia Paéz ^a   Giallombardo, Andres ^d,e  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dryolestoid; Ferugliotheriids; Mammal; Mesungulatids; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FAUNA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAMMAL; NEW SPECIES; PALEOCENE; TOOTH;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CONDYLARTHRA; DRYOLESTOIDEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 56249092052     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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