Wasatchian-Bridgerian (Eocene) paleoecology of the western interior of North America: Changing paleoenvironments and taxonomic composition of omomyid (Tarsiiformes) primates

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 105-132

  Gunnell, Gregg F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene; Omomyidae; Paleoecology; Paleohabitats

Indexed keywords

ANAPTOMORPHINAE; MAMMALIA; OMOMYIDAE; OMOMYINAE; PRIMATES; ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE;

BRIDGERIAN; EOCENE; FOSSIL MAMMAL; MAMMAL; MAMMAL FAUNA; OMOMYID; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOECOLOGY; PRIMATE; TARSIIFORM; WASATCHIAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; NORTH AMERICA; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; NORTH AMERICA; PRIMATES;

USA, WYOMING, BIGHORN BASIN; USA, WYOMING, GREEN RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0031064114     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0101     Document Type: Article

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