Boreameryx, an unusual new artiodactyl (Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Arctic Canada and endemism in Arctic fossil mammals

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 585-592

  Dawson, Mary R ^a   Harington, C R ^b  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ARTIODACTYL; BOREAMERYX; FOSSIL MAMMALS; PLIOCENE;

MAMMALS;

BONE; DENTITION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; UNGULATE;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

ARTIODACTYLA; CERVOIDEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34547869787     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-111     Document Type: Article

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