Anthracobunids from the middle eocene of India and Pakistan are stem perissodactyls

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Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Cooper, Lisa Noelle ^a,b   Seiffert, Erik R ^c   Clementz, Mark ^d   Madar, Sandra I ^e   Bajpai, Sunil ^f,h   Hussain, S Taseer ^g   Thewissen, J G M ^a,b  

^a Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e Department of Biology Hiram University   (United States)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^g HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACOBUNID; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DENTITION; DUGONG; ELEPHANT; ENAMEL; FOSSIL ANIMAL; GEOMETRY; INCISOR; INDIA; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL BONE; PAKISTAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PERISSODACTYL; PHYLOGENY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SKULL; SPHENOID; ZYGOMA; ANIMAL; FOSSIL;

ANTHRACOBUNIDAE;

ANIMALS; DUGONG; ELEPHANTS; FOSSILS; INDIA; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84907833919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109232     Document Type: Article

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