New primitive paromomyid from the clarkforkian of wyoming and dental eruption in plesiadapiformes

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 366-379

  Bloch, Jonathan I ^a   Boyer, Doug M ^a   Gingerich, Philip D ^a   Gunnell, Gregg F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; EOCENE; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCENE; TOOTH;

UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; MICROSYOPIDAE; PAROMOMYIDAE; PLESIADAPIDAE; PLESIADAPIFORMES; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035982870     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0366:NPPFTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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