Miocene mystacinids (Chiroptera, Noctilionoidea) indicate a long history for endemic bats in New Zealand

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1442-1448

  Hand, Suzanne J ^a   Worthy, Trevor H ^b   Archer, Michael ^a   Worthy, Jennifer P ^b   Tennyson, Alan J D ^c   Paul Scofield, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

^d CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84888862759     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.775950     Document Type: Review

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