Panafrican distribution of Lower Miocene Hominoidea;Distribution panafricaine des Hominoidea du Miocène inférieur

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 325, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 741-746

  Senut, Brigitte ^a   Pickford, Martin ^b,d   Wessels, Dudley ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Chaire Paleoanthropologie P   (France)

^c Avontuur   (South Africa)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Hominoidea; Lower Miocene; Ryskop; South Africa

Indexed keywords

HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; MAMMALIA;

HOMINOIDEA; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

SOUTH AFRICA, NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE, NAMAQUALAND;

EID: 0031412342     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(97)89119-7     Document Type: Article

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