New fossil evidence and diet analysis of Gigantopithecus blacki and its distribution and extinction in South China

Quaternary International

Volumn 286, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-74

  Zhao, L X ^a,b   Zhang, L Z ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DIET; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT USE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE; TOOTH;

BIJIE; CHINA; GUIZHOU;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; GIGANTOPITHECUS; MAMMALIA; PARANTHROPUS BOISEI; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 84872611312     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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