Mammuthus meridionalis (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Elephantidae) from the 'Sabbie Gialle' of Oriolo (Cava La Salita, Faenza, Northern Italy) and other European late populations of southern mammoth

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 503-515

  Ferretti, Marco P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

'Sabbie gialle' formation; Elephantidae; Evolution; Italy; Late Early Pleistocene; Mammuthus meridionalis; Systematics

Indexed keywords

PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

ITALY;

ELEPHANTIDAE; EMILIA; MAMMALIA; MAMMUTHUS; MAMMUTHUS MERIDIONALIS;

EID: 0033500216     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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