Carnivora (Mammalia, Felidae, Canidae, and Mustelidae) from the earliest Hemphillian Screw Bean Local Fauna, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 279, 2003, Pages 177-211

  Stevens, Margaret Skeels ^a,b,c   Stevens, James Bowie ^c,d  

^a Lamar State College Port Arthur   (United States)

^b Lamar State College at Orange   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; HEMPHILLIA; MAMMALIA; MARTES; MARTES AMERICANA; MUSTELIDAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); SPILOGALE; VULPES SP.;

EID: 27744479956     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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