First description of the skeleton of a Paleogene hyracoid: Saghatherium antiquum from the early Oligocene of Jebel al Hasawnah, Libya;Première description du squelette d'un hyracoïde paléogène: Saghatherium antiquum de l'Oligocène inférieur de Jebel al Hasawnah, Libye

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 279, Issue 4-6, 2007, Pages 93-145

  Gheerbrant, Emmanuel ^a   Peigné, Stéphane ^b   Thomas, Herbert ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Early Oligocene; Hyracoidea; Libya; Locomotion; Postcranial anatomy

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; PALEOGENE; SKELETON; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA;

EID: 34250730731     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/pala/279/2007/93     Document Type: Article

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