New Proboscideans (Mammalia) from the middle Miocene of Thailand

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 703-721

  Chavasseau, Olivier ^a,b   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^c   Yamee, Chotima ^c   Tian, Pannipa ^c   Rugbumrung, Mana ^c   Marandat, Bernard ^a   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c Geological Survey Division ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia; Biogeography; Biostratigraphy; Evolution; Fauna; Neogene; Taxonomy; Teeth; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTOIDEA; GOMPHOTHERIUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 62249157088     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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