A stratigraphically precise record of Protosiren (Protosirenidae, Sirenia) from North America

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-194

  Beatty, Brian L ^a   Geisler, Jonathan ^a  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonian; Carolinacetus; Cetacea; Eocene; Protocetidae; Protosiren; Protosirenidae; Sirenia; Tupelo bay formation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; SIRENIAN;

JAMAICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PAKISTAN; UNITED STATES;

BARTONIA; CETACEA; DUGONGIDAE; PRORASTOMIDAE; PROTOCETIDAE; PROTOSIRENIDAE; SCUTELLARIA; SIRENIA;

EID: 78649676393     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0095     Document Type: Article

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