Early Pleistocene equids (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) of Nalaikha, Mongolia, and the emergence of modern Equus Linnaeus, 1758

Geodiversitas

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 535-561

  Eisenmann, Véra ^a   Kuznetsova, Tatiana ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Craniology; Early Pleistocene; Equus; Mammalia; Mongolia; North America; Old World; Perissodactyla; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS ASINUS; MAMMALIA; PERISSODACTYLA;

EID: 6044253505     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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