The Late Pliocene site of Poggio Rosso (Central Italy): Taphonomy and paleoenvironment

Palaios

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-248

  Mazza, Paul P A ^a   Bertini, Adele ^a   Magi, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; TAPHONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 3042816700     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0227:TLPSOP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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