Phylogeny of the giant deer with palmate brow tines Megaloceros from west and Sinomegaceros from east Eurasia

Quaternary International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-162

  van der Made, J ^a   Tong, H W ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEER; ENAMEL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA;

CERVIDAE; MEGALOCEROS; MEGALOCEROS GIGANTEUS;

EID: 41049107463     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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