The oldest Camelidae (Mammalia, artiodactyla) of Africa : New finds from the Mio-Pliocene boundary, Chad;Le plus vieux Camelidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) d' Afrique : Limite Mio-Pliocène, Tchad

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-193

  Likius, Andossa ^a,b   Brunet, Michel ^a   Geraads, Denis ^c   Vignaud, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Unite de Recherche de Paleontologie   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Camelidae; Chad; Mio Pliocene boundary; Paleobiogeograpy; Paracamelus

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE;

(NORTH); CHAD;

ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELIDAE; MAMMALIA; PARACAMELUS; PARACAMELUS GIGAS;

EID: 0038744286     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/174.2.187     Document Type: Article

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