Lemuriform origins as viewed from the fossil record

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 446-464

  Godinot, Marc ^a,b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Adapiformes; Africa; Eocene; Eurasia; Fossil record; Lemuriformes; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PROSIMIAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYLOGENY; STREPSIRHINI;

ADAPIFORMES; DAUBENTONIIDAE; LEMURIFORMES; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33750201778     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095391     Document Type: Review

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