First discovery of Helohyidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) in the Late Eocene of Thailand: A possible transitional form for Anthracotheriidae

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

Volumn 325, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 367-372

  Ducrocq, Stéphane ^a   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^b   Suteethorn, Varavudh ^b   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b Geological Survey ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anthracotheriidae; Artiodactyls; Burma; Helohyidae; Late eocene; South Asia; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACOTHERIIDAE; ARTIODACTYLA; HELOHYIDAE; MAMMALIA;

ANTHRACOTHERIIDAE; ARTIODACTYLA; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; HELOHYIDAE;

THAILAND, KRABI;

EID: 0031423425     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(97)81385-7     Document Type: Article

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