Bovidae (Mammalia) from the lower Pliocene of Chad

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 923-933

  Geraads, Denis ^a   Blondel, Cecile ^b   MacKaye, Hassane Taisso ^c   Likius, Andossa ^c   Vignaud, Patrick ^b   Brunet, Michel ^d  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

^d Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAUNA; MAMMAL; NEW GENUS; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; TAXONOMY;

CHAD;

AEPYCEROS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; BOVINI; KOBUS; MAMMALIA; SAHELANTHROPUS; ZANCLEA;

EID: 77749246180     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0311     Document Type: Article

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