Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Primitive Mammoths of northern China: Their revised taxonomy, biostratigraphy and evolution

Journal of Geosciences

Volumn , Issue 49, 2006, Pages 59-101

  Wei, Guang Biao ^a   Taruno, Hiroyuki ^b   Kawamura, Yoshinari ^c   Jin, Chang Zhu ^d  

^a Chongqing Museum of Natural History   (China)

^b OSAKA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Japan)

^c AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Early Pleistocene; Evolution; Mammoth; Northern China; Pliocene; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

MAMMUTHUS; MAMMUTHUS MERIDIONALIS; MAMMUTHUS TROGONTHERII;

EID: 33845762958     PISSN: 04492560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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