Systematics and evolution of the Eurasian Plio-Pleistocene tribe Cervini (artiodactyla, mammalia)

Geologica Romana

Volumn , Issue 36, 2000, Pages 311-334

  Di Stefano, Giuseppe ^a   Petronio, Carmelo ^b  

^a Universita degli Studi La Sapienza ^*  (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervini; Evolution; Plio Pleistocene; Systematics

Indexed keywords

DEER; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA;

ARTIODACTYLA; AXIS; CERVINIA; CERVUS; DAMA; ELAPHURUS; MAMMALIA; PSEUDODAMA; RUCERVUS; RUSA;

EID: 0038025942     PISSN: 04353927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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