Eocene bunoselenodont Artiodactyla from southern Thailand and the early evolution of Ruminantia in South Asia

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 493-498

  Métais, Grégoire ^a   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^b   Jaeger, J J ^c   Ducrocq, Stéphane ^c  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Eocene; Ruminantia; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD; PHYLOGENY; RUMINANT; TOOTH;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; KRABITHERIUM WAILEKI; MIOCENE; NONHUMAN; THAILAND; TOOTH; TRAGULIDAE;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MOLAR; RUMINANTS; THAILAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; KRABI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

ARTIODACTYLA; RUMINANTIA; TRAGULIDAE; TRAGULUS;

EID: 34248367751     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0218-2     Document Type: Article

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