New material of Muntiacinae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 335-343

  Dong, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Cervidae; Late Miocene; Muntiacus; Qaidam Basin; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MAMMALS;

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; PLIOCENE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ARTIODACTYLA; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUNTIACINAE; MUNTIACUS; VALLESIA;

EID: 34547532090     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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