Miocene palaeobiology of the Orange River valley, Namibia

Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia

Volumn , Issue 19, 2003, Pages 1-22

  Pickford, Martin ^a   Senut, Brigitte ^b  

^a Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBIOLOGY; TERRACE;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; ORANGE RIVER; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37349131889     PISSN: 10184325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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