A summary of adapiform systematics and phylogeny

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 218-249

  Godinot, Marc ^a,b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Institut de Paléontologie   (France)

Author keywords

Adapidae; Adapiformes; Eocene; Notharctidae; Primate phylogeny; Prosimians; Sivaladapidae; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001440590     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052715     Document Type: Review

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