A reassessment of Antarctic polydolopid marsupials (middle eocene, la meseta formation)

Antarctic Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-297

  Chornogubsky, Laura ^a   Goin, Francisco J ^b   Reguero, Marcelo ^b  

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

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctodolops; Eurydolops; Polydolopidae

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FLORA; FOSSIL RECORD; ISLAND; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

METATHERIA; NOTHOFAGUS; POLYDOLOPIDAE;

EID: 68349131170     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102009001916     Document Type: Article

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