The site of Shuitangba (Yunnan, China) preserves a unique, terminal Miocene fauna

Nina G. Jablonski; Denise F. Su; Lawrence J. Flynn; Xueping Ji; Chenglong Deng; Jay Kelley; Yuguang Zhang; Jiyun Yin; Youshan You; Xin Yang

doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.843540

The site of Shuitangba (Yunnan, China) preserves a unique, terminal Miocene fauna

Nina G. Jablonski
, Denise F. Su
, Lawrence J. Flynn
, Xueping Ji
, Chenglong Deng
, Jay Kelley
, Yuguang Zhang
, Jiyun Yin
, Youshan You
, Xin Yang

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1251-1257
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Volume	34
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2014.843540
State	Published - Jul 29 2014

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