The Pleniglacial cave bears from Goyet, Belgium taphonomic and palaeobiological characteristics

Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 213-229

  Germonpre, Mietje ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cave bear; Mortality; Pleniglacial; Sexual segregation; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CAVE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOBIOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GOYET; NAMUR [BELGIUM]; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 12844270564     PISSN: 03746291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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