Plionarctos, a tremarctine bear (ursidae: Carnivora) from western North America

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 311-321

  Tedford, Richard H ^a   Martin, James ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0035536028     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0311:PATBUC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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