Earliest South American paucituberculatans and their significance in the understanding of 'pseudodiprotodont' marsupial radiations

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 867-884

  Goin, Francisco J ^a   Candela, Adriana M ^a   Abello, M Alejandra ^a   Oliveira, Edison V ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argentina; Brazil; Caenolestidae; Molar morphology; Paleogene

Indexed keywords

CAENOLESTIDAE; METATHERIA; PAUCITUBERCULATA;

EID: 63449098316     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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