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Article: New rodents (Cricetidae) from the Neogene of Curaçao and Bonaire, Dutch Antilles

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2014
Page(s): 895 – 908
Author(s): <p>Jelle S. Zijlstra, Donald A. McFarlane, Lars W. Van Den Hoek Ostende and Joyce Lundberg</p>
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ZIJLSTRA, J.S., MCFARLANE, D.A., VAN DEN HOEK OSTENDE, L.W. and LUNDBERG, J. 2014. New rodents (Cricetidae) from the Neogene of Curaçao and Bonaire, Dutch Antilles. Palaeontology, 57, 5, 895–908. doi: 10.1111/pala.12091

Author Information

  • Jelle S. Zijlstra - Mountain View, CA, USA (email: jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com)
  • Jelle S. Zijlstra - Department of Geology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, RA, the Netherlands
  • Donald A. McFarlane - W. M. Keck Center, The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA, USA (email: dmcfarla@jsd.claremont.edu)
  • Lars W. Van Den Hoek Ostende - Department of Geology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, RA, the Netherlands (email: lars.vandenhoekostende@ncbnaturalis.nl)
  • Joyce Lundberg - Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada (email: joyce_lundberg@carleton.ca)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 12 SEP 2014
  • Article first published online: 2 JAN 2014
  • Manuscript Accepted: 11 NOV 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 4 JUN 2012

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