A new tarkadectine primate from the Eocene of Inner Mongolia, China: Phylogenetic and biogeographic implications

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1679, 2010, Pages 247-256

  Ni, Xijun ^a,b   Meng, Jin ^b   Christopher Beard, K ^c   Gebo, Daniel L ^d   Wang, Yuanqing ^a   Li, Chuankui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermoptera; Plagiomenidae; Primates; Tarka; Tarkadectes; Tarkops

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; NESTING; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; PACIFIC OCEAN; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CYNOCEPHALIDAE; DERMOPTERA; MAMMALIA; OMOMYIDAE; PLAGIOMENIDAE; PLESIADAPIFORMES; PRIMATES;

EID: 75749096642     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0173     Document Type: Article

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