Likelihood estimation of the time of origin of Cetacea and the time of divergence of Cetacea and Artiodactyla

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Gingerich, Philip D ^a   Uhen, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Cranbrook Institute of Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Cetacea; Eocene; Mesonychia; Stratigraphic range

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749134306     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26879/98008     Document Type: Article

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