A new cingulate (Mammalia: Xenarthra), Pachyarmatherium brasiliense sp. nov., from the late Pleistocene of Northeastern Brazil

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 881-893

  De O Porpino, Kleberson ^a,c   Fernicola, Juan C ^b   Bergqvist, Lílian P ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Brazil)

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

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

BRAZIL;

DASYPODIDAE; EDENTATA; GLYPTODONTIDAE; MAMMALIA; XENARTHRA;

EID: 77749245984     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0305     Document Type: Article

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