Miocene sea cow (Sirenia) from Papua New Guinea sheds light on sirenian evolution in the Indo-Pacific

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 956-963

  Fitzgerald, Erich M G ^a,b   Velez Juarbe, Jorge ^b,c   Wells, Roderick T ^d  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRANIUM; FOSSIL; JUVENILE; MIOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; SIRENIAN; SKELETON;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WESTERN PROVINCE [PAPUA NEW GUINEA];

EID: 84879646100     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.753081     Document Type: Article

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