Carnivores from the middle miocene ngorora formation (13-12 MA), Kenya

Estudios Geologicos

Volumn 61, Issue 3-6, 2005, Pages 271-284

  Morales, J ^a   Pickford, M ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AMPHICYONIDAE; CARNIVORA; HELOGALE PARVULA; HERPESTIDAE; MELLIVORA CAPENSIS; MUSTELIDAE; ORANGICTIS; PERCROCUTIDAE; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 33745961852     PISSN: 03670449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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