Two new genera of Peccaries (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Tayassuidae) from Upper Miocene Deposits of the Amazon Basin

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 852-877

  Frailey, Carl David ^a,b   Campbell, Kenneth E ^c  

^a JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; EXTINCTION; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY; UNGULATE;

AMAZON BASIN;

ARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA; PECARI; PECARI TAJACU; SLOTHS; TAYASSU; TAYASSU PECARI; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 84866137221     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/12-012.1     Document Type: Article

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