Basilotritus uheni, a New Cetacean (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) from the Late Middle Eocene of Eastern Europe

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 254-268

  Gol'Din, Pavel ^a   Zvonok, Evgenij ^b  

^a TAURIDA NATIONAL V I VERNADSKY UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; COLONIZATION; EOCENE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE;

EID: 84875304964     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/12-080R.1     Document Type: Article

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