A new primitive bat from the earliest Eocene of Europe

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 627-630

  Tabuce, Rodolphe ^a   Antunes, Miguel Telles ^b   Sigé, Bernard ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b R da Academia das Ciencias 19   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; EOCENE; NEW SPECIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67651091711     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0204     Document Type: Article

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