Holocene survival of Late Pleistocene megafauna in China: A critical review of the evidence

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-166

  Turvey, Samuel T ^a   Tong, Haowen ^b   Stuart, Anthony J ^c   Lister, Adrian M ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

14C Dates; Extinct mammal; Late Quaternary extinction; Mammoth; Palaeoloxodon; Radiocarbon dating; Stegodon

Indexed keywords

14C DATES; LATE QUATERNARY; MAMMOTH; PALAEOLOXODON; RADIOCARBON DATING; STEGODON;

MAMMALS; STRATIGRAPHY;

RADIOMETRY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION; HOLOCENE; MAMMAL; MAMMOTH; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SURVIVAL;

CHINA;

EID: 84882761845     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.030     Document Type: Article

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