The northernmost record of Catagonus stenocephalus (Lund in Reinhardt, 1880) (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) and its palaeoenvironmental and palaeobiogeographical significance

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-46

  Avilla, Leonardo S ^a   Müller, Lisiane ^a   Gasparini, German M ^b   Soibelzon, Leopoldo ^b   Absolon, Bruno ^a   Pêgo, Frederico Bonissoni ^a   Silva, Rafael C ^c   Kinoshita, Angela ^d,f   Graciano Figueiredo, Ana Maria ^e   Baffa, Oswaldo ^f  

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

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c Departamento de Geologia   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE DO SAGRADO CORAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Late Pleistocene; Semi arid; South America; Tayassuidae

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CLIMATE VARIATION; KARSTIFICATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAMMAL; NEW RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; SEMIARID REGION;

BRAZIL; LUND; SKANE; SWEDEN;

CATAGONUS; CETARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 84870994766     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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