A new species of dicerorhinus (Rhinocerotidae) from the plio-pleistocene of Myanmar

Palaeontology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1419-1433

  Zin Maung Maung Thein, ^a   Takai, Masanaru ^a   Tsubamoto, Takehisa ^b   Thaung Htike, ^a   Egi, Naoko ^c   Maung Maung, ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^c JAPAN MONKEY CENTRE   (Japan)

^d Loikaw University   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Dicerorhinus gwebinensis sp. nov.; Irrawaddy sediments; Myanmar; Plio Pleistocene; Rhinocerotidae

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT; SKULL;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

DICERORHINUS; DICERORHINUS SUMATRENSIS; MAMMALIA; PERISSODACTYLA; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 56849099158     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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