Nesiotites rafelinensis sp. nov., the earliest shrew (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the Balearic Islands, Spain

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Rofes, Juan ^a,b   Bover, Pere ^c,d   Cuenca Bescós, Gloria ^b   Alcover, Josep Antoni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cal den Rafelino; Mallorca; Messinian salinity crisis; New species; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MESSINIAN; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; SMALL MAMMAL; STRATIGRAPHY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 84879137982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26879/282     Document Type: Article

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