Global completeness of the bat fossil record

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 151-173

  Eiting, Thomas P ^a   Gunnell, Gregg F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Completeness; Fossil record; Phylogeny independent

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; PTEROPODIDAE;

EID: 70349838568     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-009-9118-x     Document Type: Article

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