Neogene Rhinoceroses of the Linxia Basin (Gansu, China)

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 256, 2006, Pages 43-56

  Deng, Tao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; China; Linxia Basin; Neogene; Rhinoceros; Systematic paleontology

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FAUNA; MAMMAL; NEOGENE; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; LINXIA BASIN;

COELODONTA; HIPPARION; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 33947266072     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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