Postcranial morphology of the extinct caviine rodent Microcavia criolloensis (late Pleistocene, South America)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 795-806

  Ubilla, Martín ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Microcavia; Palaeoenvironment; Pleistocene; Semifossorial; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

MICROCAVIA; MICROCAVIA AUSTRALIS; MICROCAVIA CRIOLLOENSIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 56849106191     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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