Victoriamys, a new generic name for Chaline's vole from the Pleistocene of Western Europe

Geobios

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 445-450

  Martin, Robert A ^a  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arvicolid; Chaline's vole; Cueva Victoria; Pleistocene; Rodent; Spain

Indexed keywords

NEW GENUS; PLEISTOCENE; RODENT; TOOTH;

CUEVA VICTORIA; ITALY; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARVICOLA; ARVICOLINAE; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 84867880711     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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