The Tropics as Reservoir of Otherwise Extinct Mammals: The Case of Rodents from a New Pliocene Faunal Assemblage from Northern Venezuela

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 265-273

  Vucetich, M Guiomar ^a   Carlini, Alfredo A ^a   Aguilera, Orangel ^b   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Caviomorpha; Phylogeny; Rodentia; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CAVIOMORPHA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DASYPODIDAE; GLYPTODONTIDAE; HYDROCHAERIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEGATHERIIDAE; RODENTIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79251636768     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-010-9142-x     Document Type: Article

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