Late Tertiary canids from central Mexico

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 546-556

  Miller, Wade E ^a,b,c   Carranza Castañeda, Oscar ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Univ Auton de México   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS; TERTIARY;

MEXICO;

CANIS FEROX; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LEPOPHAGUS; OSTEOBORUS CYONOIDES;

EID: 0031840223     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002233600002432X     Document Type: Article

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