Nyctereutes terblanchei: The raccoon dog that never was

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages

  Reynolds, Sally C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; RANGE SIZE; RARITY; TOOTH; TYPE SPECIMEN;

GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

CANIDAE; NYCTEREUTES; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES;

EID: 84856041623     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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