Paleoecology of the Akkaşdaǧι hipparions (Mammalia, Equidae), late Miocene of Turkey

Geodiversitas

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 809-830

  Scott, Robert S ^a   Maga, Murat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Akka da ; Central Anatolia; Ecomorphology; Equidae; Hipparion; Mammalia; Metapodials; Morphometrics; Paleoecology; Paleoenvironment; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; HIPPARION; MAMMALIA; VALLESIA;

EID: 30444434563     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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