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Extinct Columbian (Mammuthus columbi) and Channel Island (M. exilis) Mammoths Fact Sheet: Bibliography & Resources

Extinct Columbian (Mammuthus columbi) and Channel Island (M. exilis) Mammoths

Bibliography

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Agenbroad, L. 2003. New localities, chronology and comparisons for Mammuthus exilis. In J. Reumer, (ed) In: Advances in Mammoth Research, Proceedings of the 2nd International Mammoth Conference, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. DEINSEA 9:1-16.

Agenbroad, L. and J. Mead 1996. Distribution and palaeoecology of central and western North American Mammuthus. J. Shoshani and Pascal Tassy (eds). In: The Proboscidea: Evolution and Palaeoecology of Elephants and Their Relatives. Oxford University Press. pp. 280-288.

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