A new anthracotheriid artiodactyl from Myanmar, and the relative ages of the eocene anthropoid primate-bearing localities of Thailand (Krabi) and Myanmar (Pondaung)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 755-760

  Ducrocq, Stéphane ^a   Soe, Aung Naing ^b   Aung, Aye Ko ^b   Benammi, Mouloud ^a   Bo, Bo ^c   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^d   Tun, Than ^c   Thein, Tin ^e   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YANGON   (Myanmar)

^c Ministry of Defence   (Myanmar)

^d Geological Survey Division ^*  (Thailand)

^e Department of Geology   (Myanmar)

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EID: 0035910262     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0755:ANAAFM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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