Middle Pleistocene to Holocene mammal faunas of the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan: An updated review incorporating results of recent research

Quaternary International

Volumn 397, Issue , 2016, Pages 117-135

  Kawamura, Ai ^a   Chang, Chun Hsiang ^b   Kawamura, Yoshinari ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Faunal history; Land mammal; Paleogeography; Quaternary; Ryukyu; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MAMMAL; MAMMOTH; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PIG; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY;

ISHIGAKI; JAPAN; MIYAKO ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; SAKISHIMA ISLANDS; TAIWAN; YAEYAMA ISLANDS;

MAMMALIA; MAMMUTHUS TROGONTHERII; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84937827537     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.044     Document Type: Article

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