The first Sinomastodon (Gomphotheriidae, Proboscidea) skull from the Quaternary in China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 36, 2012, Pages 4726-4734

  Wang, Yuan ^a,b   Jin, ChangZhu ^a   Deng, ChengLong ^c   Wei, GuangBiao ^d   Yan, YaLing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d China Three Gorges Museum   (China)

Author keywords

China; Early Pleistocene; Gomphotheriidae; Renzidong Cave; Sinomastodon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871349912     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5519-y     Document Type: Article

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