The Moxee City (Washington) mammoth: Morphostratigraphic, taphonomic, and taxonomic considerations

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 417-428

  Lillquist, Karl ^a   Lundblad, Steve ^b   Barton, Bax R ^c  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Washington ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbian mammoths; Missoula Floods; Slackwater deposits; Yakima River valley

Indexed keywords

BROSME BROSME; MAMMUTHUS COLUMBI;

EID: 28844473982     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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