Craniodental Morphology and Systematics of a New Family of Hystricognathous Rodents (Gaudeamuridae) from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Egypt

BACKGROUND: Gaudeamus is an enigmatic hystricognathous rodent that was, until recently, known solely from fragmentary material from early Oligocene sites in Egypt, Oman, and Libya. Gaudeamus' molars are similar to those of the extant cane rat Thryonomys, and multiple authorities have aligned Ga...

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Autores principales: Sallam, Hesham M., Seiffert, Erik R., Simons, Elwyn L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3043065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21364934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016525

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3043065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21364934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016525

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