Fossil Pongo from the Early Pleistocene Gigantopithecus fauna of Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China

Quaternary International

Volumn 354, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-67

  Harrison, Terry ^a   Jin, Changzhu ^b   Zhang, Yingqi ^b   Wang, Yuan ^b   Zhu, Min ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII;

EID: 84920108959     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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