Early Miocene astrapotheres (mammalia) from northern South America

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2004, Pages 81-97

  Weston, Eleanor M ^a   Madden, Richard H ^b   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrapotheria; Locomotion; Miocene; Postcranium; South america; Systematics; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449817100     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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