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Article: The first species of Sinopa (Hyaenodontida, Mammalia) from outside of North America: implications for the history of the genus in the Eocene of Asia and North America

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2014
Page(s): 111 – 125
Author(s): Michael Morlo, Katharina Bastl, Wu Wenhao and Stephan F. K. Schaal
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MORLO, M., BASTL, K., WENHAO, W., SCHAAL, S. F. K. 2014. The first species of Sinopa (Hyaenodontida, Mammalia) from outside of North America: implications for the history of the genus in the Eocene of Asia and North America. Palaeontology, 57, 1, 111–125, doi: 10.1111/pala.12052

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  • Michael Morlo - Abt. Messelforschung und Paläoanthropologie, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (email: michael.morlo@senckenberg.de)
  • Katharina Bastl - Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria (emails: katharina.anna.bastl@univie.ac.at; katharina.bastl@meduniwien.ac.at)
  • Katharina Bastl - Forschungsgruppe Aerobiologie und Polleninformation, HNO-Klinik der Medizinischen Universität Wien, Wien, Austria
  • Wu Wenhao - Research Center of Palaeontology, Jilin University, Changchun, China (email: wu_wenhao@yahoo.cn)
  • Stephan F. K. Schaal - Abt. Messelforschung und Paläoanthropologie, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (email: stephan.schaal@senckenberg.de)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 6 JAN 2014
  • Article first published online: 8 OCT 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 16 APR 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 16 NOV 2012

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