Two new taxa (Caviomorpha, Rodentia) from the early Oligocene Tinguiririca Fauna (Chile)

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3750, 2012, Pages 1-36

  Bertrand, Ornella C ^a,b   Flynn, John J ^b   Croft, Darin A ^c   Wyss, Andre R ^d  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1206/3750.2     Document Type: Article

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