A large-bodied anomaluroid rodent from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt: Phylogenetic and biogeographic implications

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1579-1593

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; RODENT; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

EGYPT;

ANOMALURIDAE; PONDAUNGIMYS; RODENTIA; ZEGDOUMYIDAE;

EID: 77957805837     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.501439     Document Type: Article

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