Anatomy of Haplomastodon chimborazi (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the late Pleistocene of Ecuador and its bearing on the phylogeny and systematics of South American gomphotheres;Anatomie de Haplomastodon chimborazi (Mammalia, Proboscidea) du Pléistocène supérieur de l'équateur et ses implications sur la phylogénie et sur la systématique des gomphothères de l'Amérique du Sud

Geodiversitas

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 663-721

  Ferretti, Marco P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Gomphotheriidae; Haplomastodon; Mammalia; Osteology; Phylogeny; Pleistocene; Proboscidea; South America; Stegomastodon

Indexed keywords

CUVIERONIUS HYODON; GOMPHOTHERIIDAE; MAMMALIA; MASTODON; PROBOSCIDEA (MAMMAL); RHYNCHOTHERIUM; STEGOMASTODON PLATENSIS;

EID: 79952722437     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/g2010n4a3     Document Type: Article

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