A new basal carnivoramorphan (Mammalia) from the 'Bridger B' (Black's fork member, bridger formation, bridgerian nalma, middle eocene) of wyoming, USA

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 815-832

  Spaulding, Michelle ^a,b   Flynn, John J ^b   Stucky, Richard K ^c  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridger; Carnivora; Carnivoramorpha; Eocene; Mammalia; North America; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAMMAL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MIACIS; VIVERRAVIDAE;

EID: 77955137289     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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