The late Pleistocene hutias (Geocapromys brownii) of Red Hills Fissure, Jamaica

Geological Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 399-404

  McFarlane, Donald A ^a   Blake, Jerome ^a  

^a KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flourine; Jamaica; Pleistocene; Rodent; West Indies

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; PLEISTOCENE; RODENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CAPROMYIDAE; GASTROPODA; GEOCAPROMYS BROWNII; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21444450842     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1010     Document Type: Article

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