A new South American mioclaenid (Mammalia: Ungulatomorpha) from the Tertiary of Patagonia, Argentina

Ameghiniana

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 475-484

  Gelfo, Javier N ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

"Condylarthra"; Argentina; Casamayoran; Eocene; Mammalia; Mioclaenidae; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; NEW TAXON; TERTIARY; UNGULATE;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONDYLARTHRA; LITOPTERNA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 8744267102     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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