New Hippotragini (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Toros-Menalla (Chad)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 231-242

  Geraads, Denis ^a   Blondel, Cecile ^b   Likius, Andossa ^c   Mackaye, Hassane Taisso ^c   Vignaud, Patrick ^b   Brunet, Michel ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; HOMINID; MIOCENE; NEW TAXON; PALEONTOLOGY;

AFRICA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA; SAHABI;

BOVIDAE; HIPPOTRAGUS; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORYX; SAHELANTHROPUS TCHADENSIS;

EID: 42149105605     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[231:NHBMFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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