First discovery of fossil Diplothrix (Muridae, Rodentia) outside the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-417

  Wang, Yuan ^a,b   Jin, ChangZhu ^a   Wei, GuangBiao ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c China Three Gorges Museum   (China)

^d CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anhui Province; Diplothrix; Early Early Pleistocene; Renzidong Cave

Indexed keywords

DIPLOTHRIX; DIPLOTHRIX LEGATA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 77949304860     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0541-4     Document Type: Article

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