First record of the archaeocete whale family Protocetidae from Europe

Fossil Record

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 57-60

  Uhen, Mark D ^a   Berndt, Hans Jürgen ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Eocetus; Germany; Middle Eocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953677192     PISSN: 21930066     EISSN: 21930074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmng.200800001     Document Type: Article

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