First record of a Jurassic mammal (?"Peramura") from Ethiopia

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-439

  Clemens, William A ^a   Goodwin, Mark B ^a   Hutchison, J Howard ^a   Schaff, Charles R ^b   Wood, Craig B ^c   Colbert, Matthew W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Jurassic; Mammalia; Mugher Mudstone; Peramura

Indexed keywords

BONE; DENTITION; FOSSIL; JURASSIC; MAMMAL; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

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

MAMMALIA;

EID: 37249028208     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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