A new leptarctine (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from the early Miocene of the northern Tibetan Plateau: Implications for the phylogeny and zoogeography of basal mustelids

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 405-421

  Wang, Xiaoming ^a,b   Qiu, Zhanxiang ^b   Wang, Banyue ^b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; China; Gansu; Mammalia; North America; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; LEPTARCTUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 8844267012     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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