The taphonomy of an Early/Middle Pleistocene hyaena burrow at Cornelia-Uitzoek, South Africa

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 731-740

  Brink, James S ^a  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cornelia Uitzoek; Early Pleistocene; Fossil hyaena burrow; Mammal fossils; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BURROW; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

HYAENA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17744381348     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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