A new plesiadapiform (mammalia: plesiadapiformes) from the early Eocene of the bighorn basin, Wyoming

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-319

  Rose, Kenneth D ^a,b   Bown, Thomas M ^a,c  

^a Section of Vertebrate Paleontology

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MAMMAL; PICROMOMYS PETERSONORUM; PLESIADAPIFORM; PRIMATE;

USA, WYOMING, BIGHORN BASIN;

EID: 0030433366     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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