Middle Pliocene - Late Pleistocene herbivore guilds of Italy

Quaternaire, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-136

  Palombo, Maria Rita ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Herbivores; Italy; Middle Pliocene Late Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; HERBIVORE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

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

AURELIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 26044447691     PISSN: 17711150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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