Hypothesis on the Cause of Extinction of the South American Mastodonts

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-38

  Ficcarelli, G ^a   Azzaroli, A ^a   Bertini, A ^a   Coltorti, M ^b   Mazza, P ^a   Mezzabotta, C ^a   Moreno Espinosa, M ^c   Rook, L ^a   Torre, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Parque La Carolina ^*  (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; HAPLOMASTODON; HOLOCENE; MASTODONT; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; STEGOMASTODON;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030870003     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-9811(97)00003-5     Document Type: Article

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