Extinction of a Gomphothere Population from Southeastern Brazil: Taphonomic, Paleoecological and Chronological Remarks

Quaternary International

Volumn 305, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-90

  Avilla, Leonardo dos Santos ^a   Graciano Figueiredo, Ana Maria ^b   Kinoshita, Angela ^c   Bertoni Machado, Cristina ^d   Mothé, Dimila ^e   Asevedo, Lidiane ^a   Baffa, Oswaldo ^f   Dominato, Victor Hugo ^e  

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

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO SAGRADO CORAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Geochronological study; Gomphotheriidae; Paleoecology; Quaternary; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

GOMPHOTHERIIDAE; MAMMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 84866902402     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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