A contribution to the evolutionary history of Ethiopian hipparionine horses (Mammalia, Equidae): Morphometric evidence from de postcranial skeleton

Geodiversitas

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-158

  Bernor, Raymond L ^a   Scott, Robert S ^b   Haile Selassie, Yohannes ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equidae; Ethiopia; Evolution; Hadar; Hipparionine; Mammalia; Middle Awash; Morphometrics; Postcranials

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; HIPPARION; MAMMALIA;

EID: 17744380199     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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