First occurrence of the 'hunting hyena' Chasmaporthetes in the Late Miocene fossil bearing localities of Toros Menalla, Chad (Africa)

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-326

  de Bonis, Louis ^a   Peigne, Stephane ^a,c   Likius, Andossa ^b   Makaye, Hassane T ^b   Brunet, Michel ^a   Vignaud, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Carnivora; Chad; Hyaenidae; Late Miocene; Mammalia

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARNIVORE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; SKELETAL REMAINS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TOROS-MENALLA;

CARNIVORA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; HYAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548729192     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.178.4.317     Document Type: Article

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