Creodonta and Carnivora from the Early Miocene of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia

Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia

Volumn , Issue 20, 2008, Pages 291-310

  Morales, J ^a   Pickford, M ^b   Salesa, M J ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; TAXONOMY;

KARAS; NAMIBIA; SPERRGEBIET;

AMPHICYONIDAE; CARNIVORA; CREODONTA; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 76249106913     PISSN: 10184325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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