Eotheroides lambondrano, new middle eocene seacow (Mammalia, Sirenia) from the mahajanga Basin, Northwestern Madagascar

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1233-1243

  Samonds, Karen E ^a   Zalmout, Iyad S ^b   Irwin, Mitchell T ^a   Krause, David W ^c   Rogers, Raymond R ^d   Raharivony, Lydia L ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DENTITION; EOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SIRENIAN;

MADAGASCAR; MAHAJANGA;

DUGONGIDAE; MAMMALIA; SIRENIA;

EID: 75449094612     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0417     Document Type: Article

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