Morphology of a mammoth calf (Mammuthus primigenius) from Ol'chan (Oimiakon, Yakutia)

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 425-438

  Maschenko, E N ^a   Boeskorov, G G ^b   Baranov, V A ^c  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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

^c Ministry of Health   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Late Pleistocene; Mammuthus primigenius; ontogeny; skeletal and soft tissue morphology; woolly mammoth; Yakutia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883806813     PISSN: 00310301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0031030113040096     Document Type: Article

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