A new amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora, Amphicyonidae) from the late middle Miocene of northern Thailand and a review of the amphicyonine record in Asia

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 519-532

  Peigné, Stéphane ^a   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^b   Yamee, Chotima ^b   Tian, Pannipa ^b   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Bureau of Geological Survey   (Thailand)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Amphicyonidae; Amphicyoninae; Miocene; New genus; Thailand

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENETICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAMPANG; MAE MOH; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

AMPHICYONIDAE; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646675783     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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