Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa: Species richness and turnover patterns

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-144

  Werdelin, Lars ^a   Lewis, Margaret E ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Extinctions; Mammalia; Originations

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MYA;

EID: 20444476763     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00165.x     Document Type: Review

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