Emergence of Hippopotamidae: new scenarios

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 749-756

  Boisserie, Jean Renaud ^a,b,c   Lihoreau, Fabrice ^c,d  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

Author keywords

Africa; Anthracotheriidae; Hippopotamidae; Miocene

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

CETACEAN; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENY;

ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; HIPPOPOTAMIDAE;

EID: 33745536330     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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