Cynocephalid dermopterans from the Palaeogene of South Asia (Thailand, Myanmar and Pakistan): Systematic, evolutionary and palaeobiogeographic implications

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-420

  Marivaux, Laurent ^a   Bocat, Loïc ^b   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^d   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^a   Marandat, Bernard ^a   Srisuk, Paladej ^e   Tafforeau, Paul ^c   Yamee, Chotima ^d   Welcomme, Jean Loup ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Office Cantonal de la Culture   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Thailand)

^e Srisuk House Museum   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMAERA SP.; CYNOCEPHALIDAE; CYNOCEPHALUS (FLYING LEMUR); DERMOPTERA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; PARATETHYS; PLESIADAPIFORMES; PRIMATES; SCANDENTIA; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33745102437     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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