A new species of the rhinoceros Alicornops from the Middle Miocene of the Linxia Basin, Gansu, China

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1427-1439

  Deng, Tao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aceratheriinae; China; Linxia Basin; Middle Miocene; Rhinocerotidae

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEZHENG; WORLD;

ALICORNOPS; ALICORNOPS LAOGOUENSE; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 10244236448     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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