Sexual dimorphism and ontogenetic variation in the skull of the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller) of the European Upper Pleistocene

Geobios

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-337

  Grandal d'Anglade, Aurora ^a   López González, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cave bear skull; Europe; Morphometrics; Ontogeny; Pleistocene; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CAVE; ONTOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 20444457521     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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