The first appearance of Dinocrocuta gigantea and Macbairodus aphanistus (Mammalia: Carnivora) in the Miocene of Bulgaria

Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Historische Geologie

Volumn , Issue 42, 2002, Pages 83-101

  Spassov, Nikolai ^a   Koufos, George D ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TOOTH;

BULGARIA;

CARNIVORA; DINOCROCUTA GIGANTEA; MACHAIRODUS APHANISTUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037116375     PISSN: 00772070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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