New late Miocene dromomerycine artiodactyl from the Amazon Basin: Implications for interchange dynamics

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 434-443

  Prothero, Donald R ^a   Campbell Jr , Kenneth E ^a   Beatty, Brian L ^b,c,d   Frailey, Carl D ^e  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OSTEOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; UNGULATE;

AMAZON BASIN; ISTHMUS OF PANAMA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84900026644     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/13-022     Document Type: Article

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