A revised phylogeny of Hyracoidea (Mammalia) based on new specimens of Pliohyracidae from Africa and Europe

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 265-288

  Pickford, Martin ^a,b   Solà, Salvador Moyà ^c   Mein, Pierre ^d  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Escola Industrial 23   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EUROPE;

EID: 0008348926     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/205/1997/265     Document Type: Article

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