A proboscidean from the late oligocene of eritrea, a "missing link" between early elephantiformes and elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 103, Issue 46, 2006, Pages 17296-17301

  Shoshani, Jeheskel ^a,b   Walter, Robert C ^c   Abraha, Michael ^d   Berhe, Seife ^e   Tassy, Pascal ^f   Sanders, William J ^g   Marchant, Gary H ^b   Libsekal, Yosief ^h   Ghirmai, Tesfalidet ^d   Zinner, Dietmar ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^b Elephant Research Foundation   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Ministry of Energy and Mines   (Eritrea)

^e Global Resources   (Eritrea)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h National Museum of Eritrea   (Eritrea)

ⁱ Deutsches Primatenzentrum ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Horizontal tooth displacement; NE Africa; Palaeontology

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ELEPHANT; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; ELEPHANTS; ERITREA; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; JAW; TIME FACTORS;

ELEPHANTIDAE; MYA;

EID: 33751220529     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0603689103     Document Type: Article

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