The first Choerolophodon (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) skull from China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1326-1337

  Wang, Shi Qi ^a   Deng, Tao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Choerolophodon; early Miocene; gomphotheres; Linxia Basin

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CHOEROLOPHODON; EARLY MIOCENE; GOMPHOTHERES; LINXIA BASIN;

BIOLOGY;

MAMMALS;

ELEPHANT; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SKULL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; GANSU; LINXIA BASIN;

CHOEROLOPHODON; GOMPHOTHERIIDAE; GOMPHOTHERIUM;

EID: 80052272380     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4201-6     Document Type: Article

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