Artiodactyls from the Pondaung Formation (Myanmar): New data and reevaluation of the South Asian Faunal Province during the Middle Eocene

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 759-768

  Métais, Grégoire ^a   Soe, Aung Naing ^b   Marivaux, Laurent ^c   Beard, K Christopher ^a  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology   (Myanmar)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Dichobunoid; Eocene; Myanmar; Pondaung Formation

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENETICS; RUMINANT; UNGULATE;

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDS; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; UNGULATE;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; ASIA; FOSSILS; JAW; MYANMAR; PALEONTOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARTIODACTYLA; DICHOBUNIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 34547668917     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0256-9     Document Type: Article

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