New bats (mammalia: Chiroptera) from the late Eocene and early Oligocene, Fayum Depression, Egypt

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Gunnell, Gregg F ^a   Simons, Elwyn L ^b   Seiffert, Erik R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; PALEOGENE; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EGYPT; FAIYUM BASIN; NORTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; TUNISIA;

CHIROPTERA; EMBALLONURIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEGADERMATIDAE; MICROCHIROPTERA; PHILISIDAE; PRIMATES; RHINOPOMATIDAE; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 42149109634     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[1:NBMCFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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