Morphological phylogeny of pikas (Lagomorpha: Ochotona), with a description of a new species from the Pliocene/Pleistocene transition of Hungary

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Volumn 159, Issue , 2010, Pages 97-118

  Fostowicz Frelik, Łucja ^a   Frelik, Grzegorz J ^b   Gasparik, Mihály ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

cladistics; Lagomorpha; morphology; Neogene; Ochotonidae; systematics

Indexed keywords

LAGOMORPHA; OCHOTONA; OCHOTONA DAUURICA; OCHOTONA PUSILLA; OCHOTONA ROYLEI; OCHOTONA THIBETANA; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 78651112690     PISSN: 00973157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1635/053.159.0107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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