The fossil mammals collected by Charles Darwin in South America during his travels on board the HMS Beagle;Los mamíferos fósiles colectados por Charles Darwin en América del Sur durante su viaje a bordo del HMS Beagle

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-159

  Fernicola, Juan Carlos ^a   Vizcaíno, Sergio F ^b   de Iuliis, Gerardo ^c,d  

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

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Darwin; Fossil mammals; South america; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; HORSE; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENETICS; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; MACRAUCHENIA PATACHONICA; MAMMALIA; MASTODON; MEGATHERIUM; MYLODON; RODENTIA; TOXODON PLATENSIS;

EID: 68949167938     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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