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Oldest ctenodactyloid tarsals from the Eocene of China and evolution of locomotor adaptations in early rodents

BACKGROUND: Tamquammys has been considered one of the basal ctenodactyloid rodents, which has been documented in the earliest to middle Eocene (~ 56.0–48.5 Ma) in China. It was the most abundant and widespread rodent genus in the Erlian Basin (Nei Mongol, China) and dominated Arshantan small-mammal...

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Autores principales: Fostowicz-Frelik, Łucja, Li, Qian, Ni, Xijun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6172738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30286712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1259-1