Tropical marsh and savanna of the late pleistocene in northeastern Sonora, Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-239

  Mead, Jim I ^a   Baez, Arturo ^b   Swift, Sandra L ^a   Carpenter, Mary C ^c   Hollenshead, Marci ^a   Czaplewski, Nicholas J ^d   Steadman, David W ^e   Bright, Jordon ^a   Arroyo Cabrales, Joaquin ^f  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; AVES; BISON; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS ACUTUS; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA; PRIODONTES MAXIMUS; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33745799254     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[226:TMASOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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