Plio-Pleistocene terrestrial mammal assemblage from Konso, southern Ethiopia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 901-916

  Suwa, Gen ^a   Nakaya, Hideo ^b   Asfaw, Berhane ^c   Saegusa, Haruo ^d   Amzaye, Awoke ^e   Kono, Reiko T ^f   Beyene, Yonas ^g   Katoh, Shigehiro ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Rift Valley Research Service Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^e Nationalities and People s Regional Government of Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^f DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^g Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture   (Ethiopia)

^h MUSEUM OF NATURE AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; BOVIDAE; DAMALISCUS; ELEPHAS RECKI; HOMO; HOMO ERECTUS; MAMMALIA; PARANTHROPUS BOISEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342311294     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/2469-15     Document Type: Article

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