A new species of Pliocene Hippopotamidae from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 464-473

  Boisserie, Jean Renaud ^a,b   White, Tim D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; NEW SPECIES; PLIOCENE;

AFRICA; AWASH VALLEY; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HEXAPROTODON; HIPPOPOTAMIDAE;

EID: 3142715381     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/2475     Document Type: Article

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