Leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from the diamond o ranch local fauna, latest middle eocene of Southwestern Montana

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-271

  Fostowicz Frelik, Łucja ^a,b   Tabrum, Alan R ^a  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dental morphology; Duchesnean; Lagomorpha; Middle Eocene; Montana; Mytonolagus ashcrafti new species; Palaeolagus

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; EOCENE; LAGOMORPH; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BARTONIA; DUCHESNEA; LAGOMORPHA; LEPORIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 71949107425     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/007.078.0303     Document Type: Article

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