Taxonomy, age and environment status of the Yuanmou hominoids

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 704-712

  Qi, Guoqin ^a   Dong, Wei ^a   Zheng, Liang ^b   Zhao, Lingxia ^a   Gao, Feng ^b   Yue, Leping ^c   Zhang, Yunxiang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Yunnan Cultural Relics and Archaeology Institute   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Late Miocene; Lufengpithecus hudienensis; Mammalian fauna; Paleoenvironment; Yuanmou Basin

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; HOMO; LUFENGPITHECUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748864385     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-0704-5     Document Type: Article

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