Mio-Pliocene mammals from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia;Mammifères mio-pliocène du moyen Aouache, Éthiopie

Geobios

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 536-552

  Haile Selassie, Yohannes ^a   Woldegabriel, Giday ^b   White, Tim D ^c   Bernor, Raymond L ^d   Degusta, David ^c   Renne, Paul R ^c,e   Hart, William K ^f   Vrba, Elisabeth ^g   Stanley, Ambrose ^h   Howell, F C ^c  

^a CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b Los Alamos National Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^f MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Geology; Mammals; Middle Awash; Miocene; Paleontology

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARDIPITHECUS; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3543074122     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2003.03.012     Document Type: Article

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