A giraffid from the middle miocene of the Island of Chios, Greece

Palaeontology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-133

  De Bonis, Louis ^a   Koufos, George D ^b   Sen, Sevket ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYL; CANTHUMERYCINAE; GIRAFFID; MAMMAL; MIOCENE;

GREECE, CHIOS, THYMANIA;

EID: 0030830827     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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