A highly derived anomalurid rodent (Mammalia) from the earliest Late Eocene of Egypt

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 803-813

  Sallam, Hesham M ^a   Seiffert, Erik R ^b   Simons, Elwyn L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Fayum; Oligocene; Paranomalurus; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DENTITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; OLIGOCENE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

EGYPT; FAIYUM BASIN;

ANOMALURIDAE; ANOMALURUS; IDIURUS; MAMMALIA; PONDAUNGIMYS; RODENTIA; ZEGDOUMYIDAE;

EID: 77955165127     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00962.x     Document Type: Article

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