Pheraios chryssomallos, gen. et sp. nov. (Mammalia, Bovidae, Tragelaphini), from the late Miocene of Thessaly (Greece): Implications for tragelaphin biogeography

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 436-445

  Kostopoulos, Dimitris S ^a   Koufos, George D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; RUMINANT; TAXONOMY; TUROLIAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALY;

EID: 33745586294     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[436:PCGESN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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