Palaeoenvironments of Early Miocene hominoid-bearing deposits at Napak, Uganda, based on terrestrial molluscs;Mollusques terrestres et paléoenvironnements des dépôts à Hominoïdes du Miocène inférieur du Napak (Ouganda)

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Pickford, Martin ^a,b  

^a Chaire paleoanthropologie   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Early Miocene; Hominoidea; Mollusca; Palaeoenvironment; Uganda

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MIOCENE; MOLLUSC; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; NAPAK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; HOMINOIDEA; MOLLUSCA; PRIMATES;

EID: 1542442656     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpal.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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