A new species of giant subfossil lemur from the North-West of Madagascar (Palaeopropithecus kelyus, Primates);Une nouvelle espèce de lémurien géant subfossile du Nord-Ouest de Madagascar (Palaeopropithecus kelyus, Primates)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 471-480

  Gommery, Dominique ^a   Ramanivosoa, Beby ^b   Tombomiadana Raveloson, Sabine ^b   Randrianantenaina, Hervé ^b   Kerloc'h, Patrice ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Campus Universitaire d'Ambondrona   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Karst; Lemurs; Madagascar; Palaeopropithecus; Subfossil

Indexed keywords

KARST; LEMURS; MADAGASCAR; PALAEOPROPITHECUS; SUBFOSSIL;

MAMMALS; MORPHOLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

BRECCIA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBFOSSIL; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PALAEOPROPITHECUS; PRIMATES; PROPITHECUS; SLOTHS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 67349192788     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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