Variation in bone histology of middle Eocene sirenians from western Europe

Geodiversitas

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 425-432

  De Buffrénil, Vivian ^a   Astibia, Humberto ^b   Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier ^b   Berreteaga, Ana ^b   Bardet, Nathalie ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Mammalia; Middle Eocene; Pachyosteosclerosis; Paleohistology; Prototberium; Pyrenees; Sirenia

Indexed keywords

DUGONGIDAE; MAMMALIA; SIRENIA;

EID: 47249099051     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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