Faunal correlation of Wadi Moghara, Egypt: Implications for the age of Prohylobates tandyi

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 519-533

  Miller, Ellen R ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Cercopithecoidea; Egypt; Faunal correlation; Miocene

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; MAMMAL; MIOCENE;

EGYPT; WADI MOGHARA;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; MAMMALIA; PROHYLOBATES; PROHYLOBATES TANDYI; VICTORIAPITHECUS;

EID: 0033136446     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0286     Document Type: Article

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