A new eosimiid from the latest middle Eocene in Pondaung, central Myanmar

Anthropological Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-25

  Takai, Masanaru ^a   Sein, Chit ^b   Tsubamoto, Takehisa ^a   Egi, Naoko ^a   Maung, Maung ^c   Shigehara, Nobuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hinthada University   (Myanmar)

^c Mandaley University   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Eosimiidae; Middle Eocene; Myanmar (Burma); Pondaung

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244476694     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.04S003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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