The West Runton mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii) and its evolutionary significance

Quaternary International

Volumn 228, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 180-209

  Lister, Adrian M ^a   Stuart, Anthony J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; MAMMOTH; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETON;

ENGLAND; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST RUNTON;

MAMMUTHUS MERIDIONALIS; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; MAMMUTHUS TROGONTHERII;

EID: 78249239777     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.07.032     Document Type: Article

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