Oligocene terrestrial strata of Northwestern Ethiopa: A preliminary report on paleoenvironments and paleontology

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Jacobs, Bonnie F ^a   Tabor, Neil ^a   Feseha, Mulugeta ^b   Pan, Aaron ^a   Kappelman, John ^c   Rasmussen, Tab ^d   Sanders, William ^e   Wiemann, Michael ^f   Crabaugh, Jeff ^g   Massini, Juan Leandro Garcia ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^g OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Oligocene; Paleobotany; Paleogene; Paleosols; Vertebrate paleontology

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27544436620     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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