New basal selenodont artiodactyls from the Pondaung Formation (Late Middle Eocene, Myanmar) and the phylogenetic relationships of early ruminants

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-67

  Métais, Grégoire ^a  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Bunoselenodont artiodactyls; Early ruminants; Middle Eocene; Myanmar

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; RUMINANT; UNGULATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; HYPERTRAGULIDAE; RUMINANTIA; SELENODONTIA;

EID: 33744545758     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2006)75[51:NBSAFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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