First discovery of fossil Nesolagus (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) from Southeast Asia

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1134-1140

  Jin, Chang Zhu ^a   Tomida, Yukimitsu ^b   Wang, Yuan ^a,c   Zhang, Ying Qi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Early Pleistocene; Gigantopithecus fauna; Guangxi of China; Nesolagus sinensis sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

DISCOVERY OF FOSSIL; GUANGXI; INDONESIA; LATE MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE; SMALL SIZE; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHWEST CHINA; VIET NAM;

MAMMALS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; ONTOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHINA; CHONGZUO; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; INDONESIA; VIET NAM; YUNNAN;

ALILEPUS; GIGANTOPITHECUS; LAGOMORPHA; LEPORIDAE; NESOLAGUS;

EID: 77955289907     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4010-3     Document Type: Article

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