Some specific morphological and ecological features of the fossil woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799)

Biology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 692-707

  Boeskorov, G G ^a  

^a DIAMOND AND PRECIOUS METAL GEOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

anatomy; ecology; Late Pleistocene; morphology; woolly rhinoceros

Indexed keywords

COELODONTA ANTIQUITATIS; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 84869449837     PISSN: 10623590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S106235901208002X     Document Type: Article

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