| A DIVERSE NEW PRIMATE FAUNA FROM MIDDLE EOCENE FISSURE-FILLINGS IN SOUTHEASTERN CHINA |
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| Author(s): BEARD KC, QI T, DAWSON MR, WANG BY, LI CK |
| Source: NATURE Volume: 368 Issue: 6472 Pages: 604-609 Published: APR 14 1994 |
| Times Cited: 87 References: 50 |
| Abstract: We report the discovery of a fauna of primates from Eocene (approximately 45 Myr) deposits in China having a diversity greater than in European and North American localities of similar antiquity. From the many forms that will illuminate questions of primate phylogeny comes evidence for a basal radiation of primitive simians. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: BEARD, KC (reprint author), CARNEGIE MUSEUM NAT HIST, VERTEBRATE PALEONTOL SECT, 4400 FORBES AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15213 USA |
Addresses:
1. ACAD SINICA, INST VERTEBRATE PALEONTOL & PALEOANTHROPOL, BEIJING 100044, PEOPLES R CHINA |
| Publisher: MACMILLAN MAGAZINES LTD, PORTERS SOUTH, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON, ENGLAND N1 9XW |
| Subject Category: Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| IDS Number: NF392 |
| ISSN: 0028-0836 |