Fossil evidence for an ancient divergence of lorises and galagos

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6930, 2003, Pages 421-424

  Seiffert, Erik R ^a   Simons, Elwyn L ^a   Attia, Yousry ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Egyptian Geological Museum   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION;

FOSSIL EVIDENCES;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL; PALEOGENE; PRIMATE;

ARTICLE; EGYPT; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; TOOTH CROWN;

ANIMALS; EGYPT; FOSSILS; GALAGO; LORISIDAE; PHYLOGENY; TOOTH;

EGYPT;

GALAGONIDAE; LEMURIDAE; LORIDAE; LORISIFORMES; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037468749     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01489     Document Type: Article

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