Discovery of new ruminant dental remains from the Middle Eocene Pondaung Formation (Myanmar): Reassessment of the phylogenetic position of Indomeryx

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 330, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 805-811

  Métais, Grégoire ^a   Benammi, Mouloud ^a   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^b   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^a   Tun, Than ^c   Thein, Tin ^d   Ducrocq, Stéphane ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b Paleontological S ^*  (Thailand)

^c Ministry of Defence   (Myanmar)

^d Department of Geology   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Indomeryx; Middle Eocene; Myanmar; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; NEW SPECIES;

MYANMAR;

BOVIDAE; INDOMERYX; PECORA; RUMINANTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0342626884     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)00184-1     Document Type: Article

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