Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 14. Postcranium of Shoshonius cooperi (Mammalia: Primates)

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-211

  Dagosto, Marian ^a   Gebo, Daniel L ^b   Beard, K Christopher ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Eocene; Postcranium; Primates; Shoshonius

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

PRIMATES; SHOSHONIUS;

EID: 0033549905     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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