Viverra howelli n. sp., a new viverrid (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Baccinello-Cinigiano basin (Latest Miocene, Italy)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 719-723

  Rook, Lorenzo ^a   Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Carnivora; Europe; Italy; Late Turolian; Mammalia; Messinian; New Species; Viverrinae

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; VIVERRA; VIVERRA HOWELLI; VIVERRINAE;

EID: 12944271822     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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