Paleobiogeographic changes at the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary near Pintwater Cave, Southern Nevada

Quaternary Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 263-269

  Hockett, Bryan Scott ^a  

^a Elko Field Office Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Lizards; Mammals; Mojave Desert; Paleobiogeography; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MAMMAL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY;

NEVADA; PINTWATER CAVE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS DESERTI; DIPSOSAURUS DORSALIS; MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; SAUROMALUS ATER; SQUAMATA; THOMOMYS TALPOIDES;

EID: 0034009338     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2116     Document Type: Article

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