Anourosoricini (Mammalia: Soricidae) from the Mediterranean region: A pre-quaternary example of recurrent climate-controlled north-south range shifting

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 741-764

  Van Dam, Jan A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AMBLYCOPTUS JESSIAE; CRUSAFONTINA ENDEMICA; CRUSAFONTINA FASTIGATA; CRUSAFONTINA VANDEWEERDI; HIPPARION; MAMMALIA; PARANOUROSOREX; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242706114     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0741:AMSFTM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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