Description, classification, and geologic context of a Lower Pleistocene primitive mammoth jaw from Matanza Arroyo near Socorro, New Mexico

New Mexico Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 48-58

  Lucas, Spencer G ^a   Morgan, Gary ^a   Love, David W ^b   Bejnar, Craig ^b   Sion, Brad ^c   Dunbar, Nelia ^b   Chamberlin, Richard ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMUTHUS; MAMMUTHUS MERIDIONALIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84946921677     PISSN: 0196948X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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