Dental characters of the Quaternary tapirs in China, their significance in classification and phylogenetic assessment

Geobios

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-150

  Tong, Haowen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dental characters; Evolutionary degree; Quaternary; Tapir

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENETICS; QUATERNARY; TAXONOMY;

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

TAPIRIDAE; TAPIRUS; TAPIRUS INDICUS;

EID: 13244287775     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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