Early Pliocene Tragulidae and peafowls in the Rift Valley, Kenya: Evidence for rainforest in East Africa;Un Tragulidae et des paons dans le Pliocène basal de la vallée du Rift kenyan : preuve d'une forêt tropicale humide en Afrique orientale

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-189

  Pickford, Martin ^a   Senut, Brigitte ^b   Mourer Chauviré, Cécile ^c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Early Pliocene; Kenya; Palaeoenvironment; Peafowls; Tragulidae; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; EVOLUTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARDIPITHECUS RAMIDUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMINIDAE; HYEMOSCHUS AQUATICUS; PAVO; TRAGULIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 2542428244     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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