New species of Sinocapra (bovidae, caprinae) from the lower Pliocene Panaca formation, Nevada, USA

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Mead, Jim I ^a,c   Taylor, Louis H ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Museum Northern Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovidae; Caprinae; North America; Pliocene; Sinocapra

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRINAE; HEMPHILLIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; ZANCLEA;

EID: 27544460257     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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