New 400-320ka Gigantopithecus blacki remains from Hejiang Cave, Chongzuo City, Guangxi, South China

Quaternary International

Volumn 354, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-45

  Zhang, Yingqi ^a   Jin, Changzhu ^a   Cai, Yanjun ^b   Kono, Reiko ^c   Wang, Wei ^d   Wang, Yuan ^a   Zhu, Min ^a   Yan, Yaling ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^d Guangxi Museum of Nationalities   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84907295971     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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