Dire wolf, CANISDIRUS (mammalia; Carnivora; canidae), from the late pleistocene (rancholabrean) of east-central sonora, mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-81

  Hodnett, John Paul M ^a   Mead, Jim I ^a,b,d   Baez, A ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Department of Geosciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67649551044     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/CLG-12.1     Document Type: Article

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