Carnivores from the Early Pleistocene hominid-bearing Trinchera Dolina 6 (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 415-430

  García, Nuria ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca TD6; Biochronology; Carnivores; Early Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PLEISTOCENE;

CASTILLE Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; CARNIVORA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ANTECESSOR; HYAENA; LYNX; MIMOMYS; MUSTELA; URSUS SP.; VERTEBRATA; VULPES;

EID: 0033506519     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0325     Document Type: Article

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