Oldest ctenodactyloid tarsals from the Eocene of China and evolution of locomotor adaptations in early rodents
Abstract 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...
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Language: | English |
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2018-10-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1259-1 |