New proboscideans from the early miocene of wadi moghara, Egypt

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 388-404

  Sanders, William J ^a   Miller, Ellen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

EGYPT;

GOMPHOTHERIUM; MAMMALIA; PENE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035982873     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0388:NPFTEM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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