Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) glyptodont and pampathere (Xenarthra, Cingulata) from Sonora, Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 439-449

  Mead, Jim I ^a   Swift, Sandra L ^a   White, Richard S ^b   McDonald, H Greg ^c   Baez, Arturo ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Wildlife Museum   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Glyptodont; Mexico; Panpathere; Pleistocene; Rancholabrean; Sonora; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849125556     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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