A new didolodontid Mammal from the late PaleoceneEarliest eocene of Laguna Umayo, Peru

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 665-678

  Gelfo, Javier N ^a   Sigé, Bernard ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Austral Kingdom; Condylarthra; Didolodontidae; Eocene; Mammalia; Paleocene; Peru; South America

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MAMMAL; NEW RECORD; NEW TAXON; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TOOTH;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; PERU;

CONDYLARTHRA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84855335351     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0067     Document Type: Article

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