Mid-pleistocene change in large mammal faunas of east africa

Quaternary Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 106-113

  Potts, Richard ^a,b   Deino, Alan ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; EXTANT SPECIES; MAMMAL; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA, (EAST);

EID: 0028881350     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1995.1010     Document Type: Article

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