The earliest modern mongoose (Carnivora, Herpestidae) from Africa (late Miocene of Chad)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 287-292

  Peigné, Stéphane ^a   De Bonis, Louis ^a   Likius, Andossa ^b   Mackaye, Hassane Taïsso ^b   Vignaud, Patrick ^a   Brunet, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DENTITION; MIOCENE;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CHAD; FOSSIL; GALERELLA SANGUINEA; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY; UPPER MIOCENE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; HERPESTIDAE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PALEONTOLOGY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

CARNIVORA; GALERELLA; GALERELLA SANGUINEA; HERPESTES; HERPESTIDAE; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 21244470300     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0626-0     Document Type: Article

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