Napakaliit trompa: New pygmy proboscidean remains from the Cagayan Valley (Philippines)

Quaternary International

Volumn 276-277, Issue , 2012, Pages 278-286

  Liscaljet, Nike ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BONE; ELEPHANT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

CAGAYAN VALLEY; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84867638494     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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