Middle Pliocene Bovidae from Hominid-bearing sites in the Woranso-Mille area, Afar region, Ethiopia

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn 44, Issue , 2009, Pages 59-70

  Geraads, Denis ^a   Melillo, Stephanie ^b   Haile Selassie, Yohannes ^c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Bovidae; Eastern Africa; Ethiopia; Middle Pliocene

Indexed keywords

AEPYCEROS; ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; HOMINIDAE; MYA; NEOTRAGUS; TRAGELAPHUS;

EID: 84991790904     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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