Biogeographic and Evolutionary Implications of an Extinct Late Pleistocene Impala from the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 213-222

  Faith, J Tyler ^a   Tryon, Christian A ^b   Peppe, Daniel J ^c   Beverly, Emily J ^c   Blegen, Nick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aepyceros; Aridity; Extirpation; Hypsodonty; Karungu; Quaternary extinctions; Rusinga Island

Indexed keywords

AEPYCEROS; AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS;

EID: 84899496774     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-013-9238-1     Document Type: Article

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