A new Dasypodini armadillo (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from San Gregorio Formation, Pliocene of Venezuela: Affinities and biogeographic interpretations

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 77-86

  Castro, Mariela C ^a   Carlini, Alfredo A ^a,b   Sánchez, Rodolfo ^c   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^d  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cingulata; Dasypodidae; Pliocene; Pliodasypus; Venezuela; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MAMMAL; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ANIMAL; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; BONE AND BONES; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84896135339     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1131-5     Document Type: Article

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