Faunal Change in the Turkana Basin during the Late Oligocene and Miocene

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 238-253

  Leakey, Meave ^a   Grossman, Ari ^a   Gutiérrez, Mercedes ^b   Fleagle, John G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Fossil; Kenya; Mammals; Primates

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; FISH; FOSSIL; HOMINID; KENYA; MAMMAL; SEDIMENT; TURTLE;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; FISHES; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOMINIDAE; KENYA; MAMMALS; TURTLES;

EID: 83655164095     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20338     Document Type: Article

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