Late Pleistocene megafaunal deposits on the isthmus of Panama and their paleoenvironmental implications

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Pearson, Georges A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuvieronius; Eremotherium; Megafauna; MIS3; Panama; Pleistocene; Rancholabrean

Indexed keywords

PLEISTOCENE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CUVIERONIUS; EDENTATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 18744363627     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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