First Quaternary fossil record of caecilians from a Mexican archaeological site

Quaternary Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 138-140

  Wake, Thomas A ^a   Wake, Marvalee H ^b   Lesure, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; QUATERNARY;

MEXICO;

AMPHIBIA; DERMOPHIS MEXICANUS; GYMNOPHIONA;

EID: 0032726917     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2046     Document Type: Article

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