Middle pliocene cetaceans from Monte Voltraio (Tuscany, Italy). Biostratigraphical, paleoecological and paleoclimatic observations

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-130

  Bianucci, Giovanni ^a   Sarti, Giovanni ^b   Catanzariti, Rita ^b   Santini, Ubaldo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Consulting of Emilia Romagna Region ^*  (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Cetacea; Italy; Middle pliocene; Odontoceti; Paleoclimatology; Paleoecology; Stratigraphy; Systematics; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; PLIOCENE;

EID: 0031824463     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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