A new late Miocene Hippopotamid from Toros-Menalla, Chad

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 665-673

  Boisserie, Jean Renaud ^a,b   Likius, Andossa ^c   Vignaud, Patrick ^b   Brunet, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; VERTEBRATE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TOROS-MENALLA;

HEXAPROTODON; HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 30744451947     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0665:ANLMHF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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