A new fossil canid assemblage from the late pleistocene of northern South America: The canids of the Inciarte asphalt pit (Zulia, Venezuela), fossil record and biogeography

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1053-1065

  Prevosti, Francisco J ^a,b   Rincón, Ascanio D ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CANID; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD; PLEISTOCENE;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; ZULIA;

CANIDAE; CANIS DIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; TROGLODYTES; UROCYON; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS; ZULIA;

EID: 34948880089     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/pleo05-143.1     Document Type: Article

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