First middle Miocene sivaladapid primate from Thailand

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 434-443

  Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^a,b   Yamee, Chotima ^a   Tian, Pannipa ^a   Chavasseau, Olivier ^b   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a Bureau of Paleontology and Museum Bangkok   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Miocene; Primates; Sivaladapid; Southeast Asia; Strepsirrhine; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOSSIL; LIGNITE; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ADAPIFORMES; HOMO; LORIS; PRIMATES; TARSIIDAE;

EID: 38949201073     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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