Earliest known procaviid hyracoid from the late miocene of Namibia

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 745-754

  Rasmussen, D Tab ^a   Pickford, Martin ^b   Mein, Pierre ^c   Senut, Brigitte ^d   Conroy, Glenn C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Heterohyrax; Hyracoidea; mammalian evolution; Paenungulata; vertebrate paleontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029977538     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382679     Document Type: Article

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