Identification of Late Pleistocene pikas (Ochotona, Lagomorpha, Mammalia) of the alpina-hyperborea group from Denisova Cave (Altai) on the basis of the anterior lower premolar (P3)

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 680-686

  Lissovsky, A A ^a   Serdyuk, N V ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Altai Mountains; Component analysis; Dental variation; Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Ochotona; Russia

Indexed keywords

LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA; OCHOTONA ALPINA; OCHOTONA HYPERBOREA; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 12444306411     PISSN: 00310301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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