Complete primate skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: morphology and paleobiology.
The best European locality for complete Eocene mammal skeletons is Grube Messel, near Darmstadt, Germany. Although the site was surrounded by a para-tropical rain forest in the Eocene, primates are remarkably rare there, and only eight fragmentary specimens were known until now. Messel has now yield...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-05-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2683573?pdf=render |