A critical appraisal of the phylogenetic proposals for the South American Gomphotheriidae (Proboscidea: Mammalia)

Quaternary International

Volumn 255, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-41

  Cozzuol, Mario A ^a   Mothé, Dimila ^b   Avilla, Leonardo S ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

GOMPHOTHERIIDAE; GOMPHOTHERIUM; MAMMALIA; PROBOSCIDEA (MAMMAL); RHYNCHOTHERIUM;

EID: 84857458327     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.01.038     Document Type: Article

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