New Uintan primates from Texas and their implications for North American patterns of species richness during the Eocene

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 927-941

  Williams, Blythe A ^a   Kirk, E Christopher ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Devil's Graveyard Formation; Omomyidae; Tarsiiformes; West Texas

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PRIMATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TYPE SPECIMEN;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BARTONIA; DUCHESNEA; OMOMYIDAE; OMOMYS; OMOMYS CARTERI; PECOS; PRIMATES; TARSIUS SYRICHTA;

EID: 55949095812     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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