The armadillo Propraopus sulcatus (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from the late Quaternary of northern Brazil and a revised synonymy with Propraopus grandis

Quaternary International

Volumn 317, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-87

  Castro, Mariela C ^a   Avilla, Leonardo S ^b   Freitas, Mila L ^b   Carlini, Alfredo A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

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

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEPOSIT; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

BRAZIL;

ARMADILLO; DASYPUS; MAMMALIA; XENARTHRA;

EID: 84888001208     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.04.032     Document Type: Article

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