Reassessment of extinction patterns among the late Pleistocene mammals of South America

Palaeontology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 651-659

  Lessa, Enrique P ^a   Fariña, Richard A ^b  

^a Institute Cle fi'Sica   (Uruguay)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Sciences   (Uruguay)

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