New materials of the steppe mammoth, Mammuthus trogontherii, with discussion on the origin and evolutionary patterns of mammoths

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 956-963

  Wei, GuangBiao ^a,b   Hu, SongMei ^c   Yu, KeFu ^d   Hou, YaMei ^e   Li, Xin ^f   Jin, ChangZhu ^e   Wang, Yuan ^e   Zhao, JianXin ^g   Wang, WenHua ^h  

^a China Three Gorges Museum   (China)

^b CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shaanxi Archaeological Institute   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^f Chongqing Museum of Natural History   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h Production and Technology Department   (China)

Author keywords

Allopatric speciation; Climate; Mammuthus sungari; Mammuthus trogontherii; MSE; Out of East Asia

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRIC SPECIATION; EAST ASIA; EURASIA; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LATE PLIOCENE; NEW MATERIAL; NORTHERN CHINA; PLEISTOCENE;

ALLOPATRY; EVOLUTION; MAMMOTH; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

FAR EAST;

MAMMUTHUS; MAMMUTHUS MERIDIONALIS; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; MAMMUTHUS TROGONTHERII;

EID: 77954542982     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4001-4     Document Type: Article

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