Rodents

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048199617, 2011, Pages 15-53

  Denys, Christiane ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

East africa; Mammalia; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Rodentia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045994544     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9962-4_2     Document Type: Chapter

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