The Anthracotheriidae (Mammalia; Artiodactyla) from the Eocene Pondaung Formation (Myanmar) and comments on some other anthracotheres from the Eocene of Asia

Paleontological Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-384

  Tsubamoto, Takehisa ^a   Takai, Masanaru ^a   Egi, Naoko ^a   Shigehara, Nobuo ^a   Tun, Soe Thura ^b   Aung, Aye Ko ^c   Soe, Aung Naing ^b   Thein, Tin ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Geology   (Myanmar)

^c Dagon University   (Myanmar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YANGON   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Anthracotheriidae; Anthracotherium; Eocene; Myanmar; Pondaung Formation; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; SIZE; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ASIA; MYANMAR;

ANTHRACOTHERIIDAE; ANTHRACOTHERIUM; ARTIODACTYLA; HELOHYIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037207433     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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