Early Miocene hippopotamids (Cetartiodactyla) constrain the phylogenetic and spatiotemporal settings of hippopotamid origin

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 11871-11876

  Orliac, Maeva ^a   Boisserie, Jean Renaud ^b,c   MacLatchy, Laura ^d   Lihoreau, Fabrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité de Service et de Recherche 3137   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Dental pattern; Hippopotamoidea; Paleobiogeography

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BODY SIZE; CETACEA; FOSSIL; HIPPOPOTAMID; KULUTHERIUM RUSINGENSIS; MIOCENE; MOLAR TOOTH; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOROTOCHOERUS UGANDENSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; TOOTH;

ANTHRACOTHERIIDAE; CAMELIDAE; CETACEA; CETARTIODACTYLA; CHOEROPOTAMIDAE; HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; MAMMALIA; MOROTOCHOERUS UGANDENSIS; PALAEOCHOERIDAE; SUIFORMES; SUOIDEA;

EID: 77955359510     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1001373107     Document Type: Article

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