Dwarf Stegolophodon from the Miocene of Japan: Passengers on sinking boats

Quaternary International

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-62

  Saegusa, Haruo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elephantoidea; Insular dwarfism; Japan; Miocene; Proboscidea; Stegolophodon

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ELEPHANT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MIOCENE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ELEPHANTOIDEA;

EID: 42649119789     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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