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New Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna from Western Patagonia, Argentina

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Tejedor, Marcelo F., Goin, Francisco J., Gelfo, Javier N., López, Guillermo, Bond, Mariano, Carlini, Alfredo A., Scillato-Yané, Gustavo J., Woodburne, Michael O., Chornogubsky, Laura, Aragón, Eugenio, Reguero, Marcelo A., Czaplewski, Nicholas J., Vincon, Sergio, Martin, Gabriel M., Ciancio, Martín R. (2009): New Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna from Western Patagonia, Argentina. American Museum Novitates 3638: 1-43, DOI: 10.1206/577.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/577.1

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