A new species of water vole from the Early Pleistocene of Southern Europe

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-580

  Cuenca Bescós, Gloria ^a   Agustí, Jordi ^b   Lira, Jaime ^c   Rubio, Maria Melero ^a   Rofes, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arvicolinae; Atapuerca; Mammalia; Pleistocene; Rodentia; Spain; systematics

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; RODENT; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

EUROPE;

ARVICOLA; ARVICOLA SAPIDUS; ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; ARVICOLINAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MIMOMYS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 78650424373     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0027     Document Type: Article

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