Oldest placental mammal from sub-Saharan Africa: Eocene microbat from Tanzania - Evidence for early evolution of sophisticated echolocation

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Gunnell, Gregg F ^a   Jacobs, Bonnie Fine ^b   Herendeen, Patrick S ^c   Head, Jason J ^d   Kowalski, Elizabeth ^a   Msuya, Charles P ^e   Mizambwa, Ferdinand A ^f   Harrison, Terry ^g   Habersetzer, Jörg ^h   Storch, Gerhard ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c George Washing University   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^f Antiquities Division   (Tanzania)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Bats; Crater lakes; Echolocation; Eocene

Indexed keywords

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MICROCHIROPTERA;

EID: 2542473810     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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