Hystrix refossa Gervais, 1852 from Pirro Nord (Early Pleistocene, Southern Italy)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 489-496

  Rook, Lorenzo ^a   Sardella, Raffaele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dentition; Early Pleistocene; Hystrix; Italy; Pirro Nord; Postcranium

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GERVAIS; HYSTRICIDAE; HYSTRIX (MAMMAL); MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 30844470474     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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