New toxodontid (Notoungulata) from the Early Miocene of Mendoza, Argentina

Palaontologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 611-634

  Forasiepi, Analía M ^a,b   Cerdeño, Esperanza ^a   Bond, Mariano ^c   Schmidt, Gabriela I ^d   Naipauer, Maximiliano ^e   Straehl, Fiona R ^b   Martinelli, Agustín G ^f   Garrido, Alberto C ^g   Schmitz, Mark D ^h   Crowley, James L ^h  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^d Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas de Diamante   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^g Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales Profesor Dr Juan A Olsacher   (Argentina)

^h BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Early Miocene; Nesodon; South America; U Pb (CA ID TIMS) tuff age

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942372943     PISSN: 00310220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12542-014-0233-5     Document Type: Article

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