The entelodontid artiodactyl fauna from the Eocene Ergilin Dzo formation of Mongolia with comments on Brachyhyops and the Khoer Dzan locality

Paleontological Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-268

  Tsubamoto, Takehisa ^a   Saneyoshi, Mototaka ^a   Watabe, Mahito ^a   Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav ^b   Mainbayar, Buurei ^b  

^a HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Brachyhyops; Entelodon; Entelodontidae; Eoentelodon; Ergilin Dzo Formation; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEONTOLOGY; SPECIMEN BANK;

MONGOLIA;

ARTIODACTYLA; ENTELODONTIDAE;

EID: 84856331399     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/1342-8144-15.4.258     Document Type: Article

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