The last occurrence of Pleistocene megafauna in the Ecuadorian Andes

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 581-586

  Coltorti, M ^b   Ficcarelli, G ^b   Jahren, H ^b   Espinosa, M Moreno ^a   Rook, L ^b   Torre, D ^b  

^a MUSEO ECUATORIANO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Ecuador)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; PLEISTOCENE; VERTEBRATE;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0032429067     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(98)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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