The endemic canid Cynotherium (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Pleistocene deposits of Monte Tuttavista (Nuoro, Eastern Sardinia)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 497-511

  Abbazzi, Laura ^a   Arca, Marisa ^b   Tuveri, Caterinella ^b   Rook, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Ufficio Operativo di Nuoro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canidae; Cynotherium; Endemic; Evolution; Italy; Mammalia; Pleistocene; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 30744447467     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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