Dental characteristics of Late Pleistocene Equus lambei from the Bluefish Caves, Yukon Territory, and their comparison with Eurasian horses

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-93

  Burke, Ariane ^a   Cinq Mars, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Ontario History at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and Chair of the Canadian Nursing History Collection Working Group   (Canada)

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EID: 0004542136     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/033077ar     Document Type: Review

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