Same predator, variable prey: Taphonomy of two Upper Pleistocene hyena dens in Sicily and SW France

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 787-801

  Marra, Antonella Cinzia ^a   Villa, Paola ^b   Beauval, Cédric ^c   Bonfiglio, Laura ^a   Goldberg, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyena dens; Sicily; SW France; Taphonomy; Upper Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TAPHONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BOS PRIMIGENIUS; BOVIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; ELEPHAS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; SUS SCROFA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 17744378155     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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