Damaliscus niro horns from Wonderwerk Cave and other Pleistocene sites: Morphological and chronological considerations

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn , Issue 40, 2004, Pages 89-93

  Thackeray, J F ^a   Brink, J S ^b  

^a Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronology; Early Florisian; Morphological variability

Indexed keywords

HORN; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

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

ANTELOPE; DAMALISCUS NIRO;

EID: 21444443008     PISSN: 24104418     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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