Revised timing of the South American early Paleogene land mammal ages

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-119

  Woodburne, Michael O ^a   Goin, Francisco J ^b   Raigemborn, Maria Sol ^b,c   Heizler, Matt ^d   Gelfo, Javier N ^b   Oliveira, Edison V ^e  

^a Museum Northern Arizona   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c National University of La Plata Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas   (Argentina)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eocene; Itaboraian age; Las Flores Formation; Paleogene; Patagonia; South America

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOCHRONOLOGY; EOCENE; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84902509789     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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