Early African hyaenodontid mammals and their bearing on the origin of the Creodonta

Geological Magazine

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 475-489

  Gheerbrant, Emmanuel ^a   Iarochene, Mohamed ^b   Amaghzaz, Mbarek ^c   Bouya, Baâdi ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Rue Abou Marouane Essadi BP: Rabat Instituts 6208 Haut Agdal   (Morocco)

^c Centre Minier de Khouribga   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Africa; Credonta; Early eocene; Hyaenodontidae; Morocco; New taxon

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

AFRICA; CREDONTA; EARLY EOCENE; HYAENODONTIDAE; MOROCCO; NEW TAXON;

MAMMALS;

EOCENE; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; TOOTH;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

CIMOLESTIDAE; CREODONTA; EUTHERIA; HYAENODONTIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746597361     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806002032     Document Type: Article

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