Middle eocene rodents from peruvian amazonia reveal the pattern and timing of caviomorph origins and biogeography

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1732, 2012, Pages 1319-1326

  Antoine, Pierre Olivier ^a,c   Marivaux, Laurent ^a   Croft, Darin A ^d   Billet, Guillaume ^e   GanerØd, Morgan ^f   Jaramillo, Carlos ^g   Martin, Thomas ^e   Orliac, Maëva J ^a,h   Tejada, Julia ^i,j   Altamirano, Ali J ⁱ   Duranthon, Francis ^k   Fanjat, Grégory ^b   Rousse, Sonia ^c   Gismondi, Rodolfo Salas ⁱ  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^g SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^h STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^j UMIFRE 17 CNRS MAEDI USR3337 Amérique Latine Projet de Recherche Tambo Colorado   (Peru)

^k Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier   (France)

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Author keywords

Hystricognathi; Mid eocene climatic optimum; Phylogeny; Platyrrhini; South america

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COOLING; DISPERSAL; EOCENE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; RODENT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

CAVIOMORPHA; HYSTRICOGNATHI; MAMMALIA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857522784     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1732     Document Type: Article

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