New discovery of Iranotherium morgani (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the late Miocene of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China, and its sexual dimorphism

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 442-450

  Deng, Tao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; SKULL;

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

ARTIODACTYLA; PERISSODACTYLA; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROTIDAE; VALLESIA;

EID: 23044461143     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0442:NDOIMP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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