Kretzoiarctos gen. nov., the Oldest Member of the Giant Panda Clade

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Abella, Juan ^a   Alba, David M ^b   Robles, Josep M ^b,c   Valenciano, Alberto ^d,e   Rotgers, Cheyenn ^b,c   Carmona, Raül ^b,c   Montoya, Plinio ^f   Morales, Jorge ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

^c FOSSILIA Serveis Paleontològics i Geològics SL ^*  (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CLADISTICS; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FOSSIL; KRETZOIARCTOS; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; URSIDAE;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MYA; URSIDAE;

EID: 84869123561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048985     Document Type: Article

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