Megatherium celendinense sp. nov. from the Pleistocene of the Peruvian Andes and the phylogenetic relationships of megatheriines

Palaeontology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-306

  Pujos, François ^a,b  

^a UMIFRE 17 CNRS MAEDI USR3337 Amérique Latine Projet de Recherche Tambo Colorado   (Peru)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Andean Megatherium lineage; Celend n; Late Pleistocene; Megatheriinae; Peru; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; VERTEBRATE;

DISCOIDAE; MEGATHERIUM; MEGATHERIUM AMERICANUM; MEGATHERIUM URBINAI;

EID: 33646454134     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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