Primates in the eocene

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 649-663

  Gingerich, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adapoidea; Darwinius; Europolemur; Grande Coupure; Haplorhini; Messel; Notharctus; PETM; Primate phylogeny; Smilodectes; Tarsioidea

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DISPERSAL; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYPSITHERMAL; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SKELETON; TAXONOMY; WARMING;

GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA;

EUROPOLEMUR; HAPLORHINI; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SIMIAE; SIMIIFORMES; STREPSIRHINI; TARSIUS; TARSIUS SYRICHTA;

EID: 84871618123     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-012-0093-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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