Pack hunting in Miocene borophagine dogs: Evidence from craniodental morphology and body size

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 279, 2003, Pages 147-162

  Van Valkenburgh, Blaire ^a   Sacco, Tyson ^a   Wang, Xiaoming ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CROCUTA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; FELIDAE; HYAENA HYAENA; HYAENIDAE; HYAENINAE; LYCAON PICTUS; PARAHYAENA BRUNNEA; PROTELES; PROTELES CRISTATUS;

EID: 12344333244     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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