Mammals and rainfall: Paleoecology of the middle Miocene at la Venta (Colombia, South America)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 161-199

  Kay, Richard F ^a   Madden, Richard H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Miocene; Paleoecology; Rainfall; Tropics

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RIPARIA; ANIMALIA;

RAIN;

FOSSIL MAMMAL; MAMMAL; MAMMAL FAUNA; MIOCENE; PALAEOECOLOGY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; DIET; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; COLOMBIA; DIET; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; PRIMATES; RAIN;

COLOMBIA, LA VENTA;

EID: 0031064958     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0104     Document Type: Article

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