New observations on the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Lutrinae (Mustelidae: Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Middle Awash, Afar Rift, Ethiopia

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 557-569

  Haile Selassie, Yohannes ^a  

^a CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Pliocene; Ethiopia; Late Miocene; Middle Awash; Mustelids

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MAMMALS;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MIOCENE; MUSTELID; PLIOCENE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; AWASH VALLEY; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CARNIVORA; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; MELLIVORA; MUSTELIDAE; VERTEBRATA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 57049172412     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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