Early Eocene Brontotheriidae (Perissodactyla) from the Eureka Sound Group, Ellesmere Island, Canadian High Arctic - Implications for brontothere origins and high-latitude dispersal

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 381-386

  Eberle, Jaelyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; TOOTH; UNGULATE;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 33745618983     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[381:EEBPFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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