Panthera onca georgica ssp. nov. from the Early Pleistocene of Dmanisi (Republic of Georgia) and the phylogeography of jaguars (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-127

  Hemmer, Helmut ^a   Kahlke, Ralf Dietrich ^b   Vekua, Abesalom K ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c Georgian National Museum   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Dmanisi; Felidae; Jaguar; Panthera gombaszoegensis; Panthera onca; Phylogeography; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA GOMBASZOEGENSIS; PANTHERA ONCA;

EID: 78649566611     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0067     Document Type: Article

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