Evolution of Large Carnivores during the Mid-Cenozoic of North America: The Temnocyonine Radiation (Mammalia, Amphicyonidae)

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 358, 2011, Pages 1-153

  Hunt Jr , Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMPHICYONIDAE; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CARNIVORA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; HYAENIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 82355172037     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/358.1     Document Type: Article

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