A new species of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Sagantole Formation, Middle Awash, Ethiopia

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 525-533

  Boisserie, Jean Renaud ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Early Pliocene; East Africa; Ethiopia; Hippopotamidae; Paleobiodiversity

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PLIOCENE;

AFRICA; AWASH VALLEY; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 7744233817     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/175.5.525     Document Type: Article

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