Systematics and functional morphology of Molarochoerus yuanmouensis (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Yunnan, China

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 691-704

  Pickford, Martin ^a,d   Liu, Jian Hui ^b   Pan, Yue Rong ^c  

^a Paleoanthropologie et de Prehistoire   (France)

^b Yunnan Cultural Relics and Archaeology Institute   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

China; Late Miocene; Propotamochoerini; Suidae; Yuanmou; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; YUNNAN;

MAMMALIA; MICROSTONYX; PROPOTAMOCHOERUS; SUIDAE; SUINAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 10944236902     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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