Late Pleistocene giant short-faced bears, mammoths, and large carcass scavenging in the Saltville Valley of Virginia, USA

Boreas

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 482-492

  Schubert, Blaine W ^a   Wallace, Steven C ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CARNIVORE; MAMMOTH; PLEISTOCENE; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ARCTODUS SIMUS; CANIDAE; MAMMUTHUS;

EID: 73849111024     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2009.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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