The giant hyaena, Pachycrocuta Brevirostris (Mammalia, Carnivora, Hyaenidae)

Geobios

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-468

  Turner, Alan ^a   Antón, Mauricio ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Pachycrocuta brevirostris; Palaeoecology; Plio pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; HYAENA; PACHYCROCUTA BREVIROSTRIS; PALAEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

EID: 0030429538     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(96)80005-2     Document Type: Article

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