Cynotherium sardous, an insular canid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the Pleistocene of Sardinia (Italy), and its origin

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 735-745

  Lyras, George A ^a   van der Geer, Alexandra A E ^a   Dermitzakis, Michael D ^a   De Vos, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33749444275     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[735:CSAICM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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